By Rita Perwich Most gardeners today want to grow roses with less effort and without the use of pesticides and fungicides. For our own health and the well-being of our environment, we know we should adopt sustainable practices in our gardens, and so we have been demanding roses that are disease resistant, easy to […]
By DAWN STANDKE It all started with a drip drip drip off the patio roof. University of California (UC) Master Gardener Pam Kirpalani put a pan from the kitchen out to save the water from that drip. Soon the pan was full and she switched to catching the drip in clean trash cans. When those […]
By LISA MARUN If the sound of a whimsical, pollinator-seducing, pet-friendly, fruit-bearing vine is something you’ve just now decided you must have in your garden, look no further than the wonderful world of Passiflora! While there are more than 400 species of Passiflora, P. edulis (top left) will probably be your best bet in San […]
Time is right to plant grow-at-home produce that thrives in colder temperatures By KAREN DARDICK Imagine growing all the vegetables and herbs you and your family need all year round and enjoying unusual varieties not easily found in markets. Joyce Gemmell is a San Diego Master Gardener who does this. Living in an apartment in […]
TO FEAR OR NOT TO FEAR, THAT IS THE QUESTION By James A. Bethke Many years ago, I collected black widows, Latrodectus hesperus, from my yard (almost 50) and gave them to Rick Vetter, a friend from the Entomology Department at UC Riverside, so that he could extract spider venom in search of a […]
