Pruning Maples Before Sugaring Season
UNITED STATES—Most of us Californians are probably wondering what that means. Sugaring season is more familiar to horticultural enthusiasts in New England, Canada, and...
Planting Cool Season Cover Crops
UNITED STATES—Traditional horticultural technology that was so common in the orchards, that were likewise more common, was more practical than so much of what...
Autumn Color That Proves It
UNITED STATES—There may not be a good time to talk about it this year. The late warmth really put a damper on some of...
Plant Spring Bulbs In Autumn
UNITED STATES—Of all the gardening chores, planting dormant bulbs is probably the least gratifying. All we do is dig a hole to the required...
Arborists Are Physicians For Trees
UNITED STATES—Before the storms of winter get here, it might be a good time to make arrangements to get some help for big trees...
Gutters And Chimneys Need Attention
UNITED STATES—There is no time that is best to clean the gutters on the eaves. They should probably be cleaned early before the debris...
Annuals Come And Annuals Go
UNITED STATES—Just like warm season vegetable plants in the vegetable garden, flowering warm season annuals get replaced this time of year. Although the weather...
Vegetables Grow All Year Here
UNITED STATES—The difficult part is pulling up the warm season vegetable plants while they still seem to be productive. It gets much easier after...
Why Autumn Is Also Fall
UNITED STATES—The calender says that it is now autumn. The weather does not necessarily agree. Some of the trees are dropping their leaves. However,...
Pumpkins Wait For No One
UNITED STATES—Things might have gone better for Cinderella if she had taken a Buick to the ball instead of that detrimentally punctual pumpkin coach....