August 2022 – Master Gardener Association of San Diego County

What’s the best way to harvest and store produce from my garden?

August 27, 2022Beginning Vegetable Gardening, Cool Season Vegetables, Fruit, Harvesting, Herbs, Tomato, Vegetables, Warm season vegetables

Question: What’s the best way to harvest and store produce from my garden? Answer: It depends on what you are growing! BY Donna McClay Here’s how: Most backyard gardeners know what, when and how to plant our favorite veggies; but we also need to know how and when to harvest them for peak flavor and […]

Combating ‘Invasion of the Habitat Snatchers’

Nonnative plants rob native species of water, nutrients, space to grow BY LINDA JONES (This article originally appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune on August 13, 2022) Have you noticed dead Canary Island palms (Phoenix canariensis)? Hills covered with bright yellow flowers in spring or with dried nonnative grasses in summer? Maybe you’ve seen waterways […]