The answer to that great question depends on so many factors. Do you live inland or coastal? Is your garden in the sun or shade? Is it windy where you live? Is your soil clay, sand, loam or some combination? What plants are you watering? Tropicals? Succulents? Annuals? Lawn? Vegetables? California Natives? Knowing all those […]
BY HELEN MONTAG (This article first appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune June 2020) In Southern California, there are two small remnants of “relic pine forests” that precede the most recent glacial period. Trees in these forests were well established on our southern coast long before offshore islands separated from the mainland. They are the Torrey […]
Master Gardener Sommer Cartier discusses the new Let’s Grow Together San Diego outreach program.
by Jodi Bay Winter is the time for gardeners and the garden to rest. During this slower gardening period, take the time to check and prepare garden tools for the tasks that begin in spring. Repairing, cleaning, and sharpening garden tools now will make them easier and safer to use plus preserve your investment. An […]
By Michael Harrelson April showers bring May flowers… and weeds, lots of weeds. A weed is defined by the Weed Science Society of America as, “Any plant that is objectionable or interferes with activities or welfare of mankind”. It isn’t just a thistle, foxtail or crabgrass you recognize immediately as unwanted and pluck it out. A […]
