Long ago when I started gardening, I learned that you want to feed the soil, not the plant. I took this to heart and it steered my approach to gardening. The idea was to foster good soil biology and let …
It happens a lot. We grow and nurture our tomato plants, but sometimes we get no fruit. The flowers appear and after several days they wither and drop off…leaving no tiny tomatoes behind. What causes this? You may be thinking …
My previous article discussed the role of carbon dioxide (CO2) in our atmosphere and how it helps maintain a range of temperatures that enable life on earth. The amount of CO2 in our atmosphere now is at 414 parts per …
I first learned about incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens) long ago while working with Tree People, a tree planting environmental organization in southern California. One of our missions was to plant smog tolerant trees in the surrounding mountains. Among the list …
Whenever I worked in a nursery, I was always surprised by how many people weren’t sure what the difference was between annual plants and perennial plants and which one was which. If you shop for plants at all you should …
While I consider every flower to be perfect, technically it is not so. There are perfect flowers and imperfect flowers. Perfect flowers have both male and female parts – everything needed to produce seeds. Imperfect flowers are either male or …