Seizing Citrus Season
Enjoying the juicy fruits of winter.
Plants: Edible plants
Cultivating Citrus
Citrus trees thrive in warm, temperate regions. Provide a sunny, frost and wind-free location, ideally with a southern exposure. If in doubt about where to…
Seasonal Bounty
Homegrown Mushrooms. An unlikely crop flourishes in a semi-desert, LA canyon landscape.
Defending Dinner
An attractive and effective deer-proof edible garden.
The Heirloom Life Gardener
The Heirloom Life Gardener is at first blush an odd book. On paging through the layout before reading, one is struck by the contrast between…
Fruit is Fabulous
Delicious juicy photographs and simple, lyrical copy accompany this whimsical alphabet of decidedly non-garden variety collection of fruit. Only available in digital format at this…
Food Grown Right, in Your Backyard
Back in my day we didn’t have step-by-step, everything-you-need-to-know books about vegetable gardens. Oh, no. Failure was our guide. We set our gardens against the…
Homegrown Heirlooms
[sidebar] The National Heirloom Exposition September 11-13, 2012 at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, CA. 11 am—9 pm Adults $10; kids 17 and under…
Late Summer in Occidental California
A trip to Occidental is high on many weekend travel lists of northern Californians, whether just a short jaunt for those living in Sonoma county…