Summer Solstice is Saturday, June 20th. The longest day of the year and the official start of tomato season! Let's celebrate with glamor shots of veggies and fruits with origins from around the world.
It's that time of year when zucchini and other summer squash are in abundance. If you find yourself at a loss for what to do with it, here are a few suggestions.
when a client's sister-in-law bought the house next door, they knocked down the fence between them to expand the garden. Now it stretches across both front yards. It's a two-yard garden.
Summer gardening brings delights and disappointments, i.e. the downside of gardening. Hot days tax plants, critters discover your tasty produce, and plant death is just around the corner.
I always hated Back to School days, and when I start seeing Pee-Chee folders and pencil cases in advertisements, I still get that sense of dread. Luckily we're adults now, so we can garden instead. Here is some inspiration to erase any dread you may feel this time of year. Winter Luxury pumpkin grows week after week. We're excited to grow this type for pies. Using the link helps Gardenerd make a few cents. We clip our sweet corn ears…
I recently attended the Ocean View Farms tomato tasting celebration 2019 and ate my way through more than 70 varieties of tomatoes to help determine the best of the best.
It's harvest time! The garden is delighting us with abundance as we head into August. Tomatoes, peppers, tomatoes, onions, tomatoes, squash...did I mention tomatoes?
There is a point during our long Southern California summers where everything in the garden takes a dive. Meanwhile some plants take off.
Since we're celebrating the 4th of July week, we can't help but express gratitude for the freedom we share as gardeners.
Things are really going off in our community garden plot, so we wanted to capture it before its beauty wanes. We've already spotted the first cucumber beetles so that means we'll probably lose some squash plants to bacterial wilt. Fingers crossed, and enjoy it while it lasts, right? 3 types of pumpkins sprawl through one raised bed. We plant each type at the point of a triangle in a 4x4 bed in our community garden. Room enough to grow and…