Friday, August 27, 2021132 Veggie Overload? Slow to Grow Plants?
I love late August, because the backyard food garden is at its peak. Everywhere, there’s tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, peaches, melons and so much mor...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021131 Grape Growing Tips. Carrot Varieties. The Autumn Daffodil, Sternbergia
It’s grape harvest season across the country. Disappointed with your results? This week, College Horticulture Professor (retired) Debbie Flower, who t...
Friday, August 20, 2021130 Ease Fertilizing Chores with Fertigation
How are you fertilizing your plants? Do you go out every month, or every week, with a watering can, fertilizer and a teaspoon? Or, are you tossing gra...
Tuesday, August 17, 2021129 Cool Season Quick Maturing Vegetables. The Oleander. Pot Size Matters!
There are a lot of great cool season vegetables that you can start right now. For those of you who worry about a mid-Fall frost or freeze grinding you...
Friday, August 13, 2021128 Straw Bale Gardening Basics. The Yezberry plant.
Thinking of gardening a bit differently, using bales of straw? Straw bales have several gardening advantages, including working in your garden while s...
Tuesday, August 10, 2021127 Summer Tomato Troubleshooting. The Naked Lady.
How’s your tomato garden doing? Now that it’s summer, most of the early season tomato issues are waning: fewer aphids and whiteflies (we hope) and les...
Friday, August 6, 2021126 Jumping Worms! Human Food vs. Plants
One day, you might be doing a little digging in your garden, and up comes a worm. But it’s not just any worm. This one is easily identified by its vio...
Tuesday, August 3, 2021125 Lavender. Crape Myrtle Tree. Harvesting and Storing Fruits and Vegetables
Growing lavender? Our favorite retired college horticulture professor, Debbie Flower, has tips on how to rejuvenate aging lavender plants. UC Davis Ar...
Friday, July 30, 2021124 Mulching the Easy Way. Tomatillo pollination. Breaking Up Clay Soil and Hardpan.
Mulching your garden beds provides many benefits: it moderates moisture loss and soil temperature fluctuations; it inhibits weed production; and ferti...
Tuesday, July 27, 2021123 Droopy Cucumbers. Dahlias. Butterfly Bush.
Summer heat can cause many plants’ leaves to droop on a hot afternoon. Does this pose a particular problem for cucumbers? Will that stress effect the ...
