One of gardening’s oldest techniques is also one of the cheapest and most effective. And it’s especially useful in dry climates like Southern California’s. We’re talking about mulching or covering the soil with a protective layer. What makes it...
Your once-gorgeous strawberries are half-eaten before the harvest. Your once-luscious lettuce has more holes than a pegboard, and the brownish tinge of decay has crept up on your tomato plants. What gives? In your battle against garden pests, the pests are winning....
Growing borage for companionship? We must be kidding, right? We’re dead serious. You may not appreciate the companionship, but your tomatoes and strawberries do. Among its many virtues, borage is a companion plant that repels garden pests and attracts native...
Hydrangea plants are Native Americans. They’re also Native Asians. They’re citizens of the world. The flowering plants were first cultivated in Japan, a country known for its gardening traditions and deep appreciation of nature. Hydrangea fossils date back...
We’re an impatient culture. Fast food, fast service, instant messaging, on-demand streaming — we want it all now. Sadly, the words “fast” and “gardening” rarely go together unless they’re in the title of this blog. Gardening takes...
