Mint — I Wish Someone Had Told Me
Mint is aromatic, a lively addition to tea or other concoction and the bane of a garden if grown without restriction.
"You have mint...
How to Attract Ladybugs to Your Garden
Are you wishing ladybugs would find your garden as easily as aphids? Never fear, the trick for attracting ladybugs to your garden begins with...
Kitchen Garden: Planting in Galvanized Containers
Growing a vegetable garden in recycled containers is all the rage, but are there risks? I was reminded of this looming question when a...
How to Grow Blueberries, Identify Weeds & Choose the Best Plants
You may be asking many of the same questions as other gardeners. How to grow blueberries, care for grapes, identify weeds, and choose the...
How to Grow More Vegetables with Less Space
The secret to growing more in less space starts with love.
What do you love to eat? What can you add to your life that...
6 Solutions for Successful Container Gardening
Container gardening is often easier and just as rewarding as gardening in the ground. You can focus your attention on just those plants you’ve...
How to Harvest Basil
Get more from your basil through harvesting. It’s simple. The more you pick the more it grows.
Here's Why Harvesting Basil Grows More Basil
Basil, like...
Grow Plants for Free: How to Propagate Rosemary From Cuttings
Would you like to grow plants for free?
When I was young, it was common for my mother to send me to the neighbors...
What is Organic and Why is it Important?
So what does organic mean and why is it important?
Organic is organic, right? It’s a ubiquitous term and an adjective used to describe everything...
Five Reasons to Weed or Not to Weed
The thought of weeding conjures up all sorts of reactions from people. There are weeding haters, weeding lovers and an entire range of folks...
Biosol or Bust
With fall comes the rush on local supplies of Biosol. We went to get our share. Each visit to the nursery they were out,...
Growing Advantages
I've finally taken the time to explore the inner reaches of my refrigerator, locating the seeds I mentioned, giving me reason to plan and...
Extend Your Growing Season with this Row Cover Cheat Sheet
A scant few millimeters of row cover fabric could be your secret to a thriving, successful garden — especially when the mercury drops. The...
Pruning 101: What to Prune When
Ever get confused as to what to prune when? Or simply wonder where to begin?
The good news is, there's no rush to prune. In...
You Are What You Eat
Methyl bromide has been the fumigant of choice for conventional, US strawberry growers. Plastic row covers are installed and methyl bromide gas injected, sterilizing...
How to Care for Spring Bulbs Once They’ve Bloomed
I'm one of those crazy people that loves winter. Not necessarily winters that start in September and end in June (like so many we've...
Water Wise Gardening Trends & Visit With Good Day Sacramento
You've got this. You can still grow what you love with less water, it just means being a little more creative. And I've decided...
Sugary Earth
Sweet, snappy, wake-your-taste-buds-up delicious, these carrots are unreal. A bit of sugary earth wrapped up in one perfect package. Like the tomatoes of winter only, with...
Tricks for Thinning Carrots: The Things We Do For Love
My hopeless love of homegrown carrots sometimes feels like opening Pandora's Box -- they can be challenging to sow, taunt foes like carrot flies...
What’s Growing Now: Alpine Strawberries, Sweet Treat Tomatoes & Ladybugs
It was just last winter when I found this garden. I was out for a run on a nearby trail and there it was...
