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Romancing the Garden: A philosophy of gardening Pt 3
The next step is: How do you carry it out? Mine in a nutshell is: “Create a romantic garden and then live in it.” A Paradise Garden The Garden of Eden Dictionary definition of romance: “Imagination, love, idealization, wafting one to another time...
Put citrus fruit into the composter
Q. Can downed critus fruit be thrown into the composter? Love your website! A. I’m delighted to hear you like my website, especially since it gives me a way to communicate with gardeners like you. It’s absolutely fine to add citrus fruit...
Wisteria
Comment from Mary: I saw you on Antiques Roadshow and enjoyed it so much. Also my wisteria is blooming with a few puny blooms, nothing like yours! Someday I will catch on! Response from Pat: Re: your wisteria. People never seem to follow the correct...
Cutting back a Passion Vine (passiflora)
Q. How/when would you suggest I cut back the woody vines in a passiflora (passion vine)? I planted four five years ago, and the top surface is green, but inches under that is nothing but wood. They protrude from the wall more and more with new growth. A....
Cucumber
Tips And Hints For Growing Easy-Care Warm-Season Crops Planting months: April, May, June. Spacing: thin to 12 inches apart in rows 5 feet apart or grow in mounds 6 feet apart. Special Tips: large-guage hardware cloth held up by metal fence posts makes...
Short- Day Onion Seed
Question from Kenny: We have neglected to delve into the question of just exactly how do the millons if not trillions of short-day and other “Biennial” onion seed get produced each season on purpose. Onion seed is not exactly a storable commodity....
Carrot
Tips And Hints For Growing Easy-Care Warm-Season Crops Planting months: Year-round crop Spacing: sow seeds, then thin to 1 to 2 inches apart, rows 14 inches apart. Special Tips: (P. 265 and p. 264 in my book). Fine soil is best. Amend soil well, but too...
Beet
Tips And Hints For Growing Easy-Care Warm-Season Crops Plantingmonths: Year-round. Spacing: Sow seed one inch apart. Rows spaced one to two feet. Thin to four inches. Special Tips: Use hoe handle to make straight row. Cover seeds with one-inch fine compost...
Lima Bean
Tips And Hints For Growing Easy-Care Warm-Season Crops Planting months: April, May, June. Spacing: sow seed, thin 11/2 inches apart. Special Tips: grows best inland, but not in desert (high temperatures sabotage bean set.) Bush limas give quicker harvest...
Replacement for Oleanders
Question from Debbie: I live in east Oceanside. My oleanders, which help block the view from my neighbor’s yard, have all died (from a virus I believe). What are some replacement options for them? I want to block the view (6+ feet tall) and have...
French Marigolds Work Against Nematodes
Some, but not all, marigolds suppress root knot nematodes and lesion nematodes. (Don’t use Signet marigolds [Tagetes tenuifolia], for example, since these have the opposite effect and are a host to nematodes, allowing them to proliferate and increase...
Wisteria
Question from Robin: Was reading in your So. Cal. Organic Gardening about Wisteria. You mentioned cutting unwanted young shoots down to two buds from May onward. Is it to late to trim them now? I know Wisteria is a light feeder but yours look so glorious!...
Corn Meal Gluten
Question from Robin: Reading in your book about Organic Corn Meal Gluten for pre-emergence of lawn weeds but where do I find that in our area. Also read where you have to find a reliable source as there is an increase in sound-a-likes. Much appreciated,...
