Having A Down Payment Is Key To Home Buying
LOS ANGELES—Early planning is always important when it comes to major tasks. Whether it’s about buying a car or simply fixing your deck, planning...
Daddy knows sustainability
My rhubarb really has been around a while! My father's father's father and mother grew it quite some time ago, and shared some shoots...
The Need for Seed
Lily of the Nile is so easy to propagate by division of congested old plants that not many of us bother to grow it...
Divorced But Wanting A Norman Rockwell Holiday
Most people share a similar vision for the perfect Christmas. Typical ingredients include devoted family members lovingly exchanging gifts, laughs and conversations, while the...
Let houseplants enjoy the rain
Hibiscus, bougainvilleas, philodendrons and so many of the tropical and subtropical plants that we can enjoy in our gardens can only survive through winter...
Grafting fact and fiction
There are not many Californians of my generation who do not remember growing avocado trees from seeds when we were kids. We simply impaled...
Traveling For The Holidays
UNITED STATES—The next few days will be chaotic for all of us as we begin to count down the days remaining to the big...
Early pruning may have advantages
As long as it gets done well before buds begin to swell late in winter, the meticulous and specialized pruning that deciduous fruit trees...
Best Investment, House Or Apartment Building?
By David Rosenfeld
SANTA MONICA—Once you decide to buy an investment property you’ll likely ask yourself “What is the best investment I could make? A...
Winter berries provide more color as autumn foliar color finishes.
Seasonal color is as variable as the weather. Just as the many different spring flowers bloom differently every spring, and the autumn foliage color...