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Keeping Plants Watered in Dry, Hot Summers

Keeping your plants properly watered during dry, hot summers isn’t easy. Here are our tips to help...
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Rain Barrels in the Garden: Harvest Your Water

Summer’s a good time to assess what you could use in the garden. Consider the merits of a rain...
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La Nada: A Whole Lot of Nothing

Welcome to a whole lot of Nothing, or La Nada, a climate phenomenon that causes relatively normal...
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Firescaping Your Yard and Garden

What can you do to protect your home if you live in an area prone to fire?  Learn about “...
Bears and Bird Seed

Not Just Weather Lore: Bears in the Backyards

Mom! There’s a bear in the backyard! Californians are beginning to learn why their state flag has a...
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Invasion of the Garden Catalogs--Part 2

So many gorgeous flowers and too little space!  That’s my dilemma as I pore over the seed catalogs...
Invasion of the Garden Catalogs

Invasion of the Garden Catalogs

The first one arrived in mid-November.  My mailbox still overflows daily with garden catalogs.  I...
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Potpourri: from the best annuals to giant cabbages

As I begin autumn cleanup, it’s productive to observe what grew the best, bloomed the most...
More Winding Down a Difficult Season

More Winding Down a Difficult Season

If you garden in an area not affected by drought, you may wonder why I’m obsessing.  #1: High...
New Plants and a Blueberry Recall

New Plants and a Blueberry Recall

A trio of perennial plant “stars” are lighting up my drought-stricken garden this summer.  Two...
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Coping with Drought

Drought is a pervasive problem in the United States and Canada. In addition, did you know that one-...