Question from Jan: Back with a question about composting. I’m so amazed that my first garden ever worked out well (and I DID cover it with it’s own house)…will have to send photos. Now I’m ready to take the remaining stalks, branches and leaves and turn them into compost. I’m searching everywhere for a shredder […]
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Shredder/grinder for Green Waste for Composter
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Sunday,
February
8th,
2015
at 03:49 AM
2 Comments
Categories : Composting
Southern California Gardening: Month by Month Guide, 2000
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Friday,
February
6th,
2015
at 03:49 AM
This much-loved book, often called ‘the gardener’s bible” is now completely revised and updated with an improved format, new cover, all-new photographs by Steve Gunther and much added material. Covers all the basic plants and plant groups grown in Southern California, including lawns, citrus, avocados, deciduous fruit trees, vegetables, herbs, roses, annual flowers, wildflowers, perennials, […]
Question from Karen: I have three problems: I have a dwarf palm whose new leaves always have brown tips; I have a kumquat tree in a pot on my deck which has brown “stuff” dripping down the sides; I have a canary palm whose fronds have never “relaxed”. The fronds remain tightly together (if that […]
Categories : Garden Q & A
Reed avocado, root rot and bacterial leaf spot
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Monday,
February
2nd,
2015
at 03:49 AM
Question from Dave: Here’s a photo of the Reed avocado. It was my strongest tree last summer. Full of dark green foliage. As the rains progressed through the winter it became progressively more yellow. The adjacent patio drains into its planter and then runs off to the driveway The feeding through the winter months was […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees
This Generic Fertilizers Chart show you what products can be used for a “source of”, how quickly it works, approximate formula, and characteristics. Generic Fertilizers & Soil Amendments Chart. Be sure to reference “Southern California Organic Gardening: Month by Month” for in depth use instructions.
Tips And Hints For Growing Easy-Care Warm-Season Crops Planting months: year round Spacing:Thin to six inches, rows 18 inches apart Special Tips: soak seeds 24 hours prior to planting Easy to grow, huge roots, not much fertilizer, compost is best or aged manure. Harvesting: begin harvest as soon as leaves mature, take outer leaves and leave […]
Categories : Month by Month Gardening, Vegetables & Fruits
Question from Mara: When I try to turn the dirt over in my compost pile, the pitch fork just gets stuck, and I can’t turn the soil. It seems like there are small roots keeping the dirt from being loose. I have to pull really hard to get it up. I started the pile last […]
Categories : Composting
Plant seeds of zinnias now. “Benary’s Giants” (sold as “Parks Picks” by the Park Seeds) is immune to mildew. Choose a spot in full sun, till the ground to spade depth, work in organic soil amendment and balanced fertilizer into the top six inches. Soak the soil, let settle overnight. Plant seeds one by one, […]
Over 2,500 spectacular identification photos, many taken by Pat Welsh, illustrate 250 plant category lists helping you choose plants for particular purposes, such as color, solid shade, near swimming pools, in a firescape, a boggy spot, for drought, heat, smog, or disease resistance, for fragrance, for hillsides, for ocean front, a narrow side yard, or […]
Q. I’ve heard you talk about the benefits of horse manure.What is your opinion of using chicken instead of horse manure? I was told recently chicken is stronger than horse. A. Chicken manure is superior to horse manure but needs longer aging and less is applied. Well-aged chicken manure makes an excellent vegetable fertilizer, especially since […]
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