Jane ShellenbergerNov 45 min readNovember 2024 E-Magazine / NewsletterNOVEMBER 2024 E-MAGAZINE This must be a record setting dry late summer and fall. We’ve only had about a quarter inch of rain in the last...
Mikl BrawnerNov 16 min readNATURALIZED OR GONE TO “WEEDS”?A Xeriscape Garden After 32 Years By Mikl Brawner: You might think a nurseryman would have a collector’s garden with rare and choice...
Jane ShellenbergerNov 17 min readMulching in WinterKeep Veggie Garden Soil Covered: Add Leaves Now By Jane Shellenberger: Excerpts from Jane's book: Organic Gardeners Companion: Growing...
Jane ShellenbergerOct 24 min readOCTOBER 2024 E-MAGAZINEOCTOBER 2024 E-MAGAZINE It doesn’t feel much like Fall yet though the trees are getting colorful. The grasshoppers have discouraged me...
David SalmanSep 305 min readMixing it Up with Spring Flowering Bulbs By David Salman: Plant a surprise this fall. Get some spring blooming bulbs into the ground in October or November, water them in and...
Penn ParmenterSep 304 min readPUMPKINS ARE KINGBy Penn Parmenter: Pumpkins are King in the Parmenter mountain gardens. We love everything about them and have grown them for over 25...
Jane ShellenbergerSep 273 min readSPLAT®SPONSORED CONTENT Marking trees with a “No Vacancy” sign for bark beetles, ISCA®’s SPLAT® Verb goes to work at Tahoe National Forest As...
Penn ParmenterSep 95 min readFree Seed Store!By Penn Parmenter: Right now seed is hanging heavy and abundant in your garden; all you have to do is go get it! It’s the greatest...
Jane ShellenbergerSep 74 min readSeptember 2024 NewsletterAugust sailed by quickly. It’s been an interesting summer – certainly one to test those “drought-tolerant” plants. Heat stress is...