Question from Randy: I would like to know what is a good indoor plant food? I’m going to start worm composting and am now composting my yard clippings etc. but am unsure about using these things indoors (smelly). I really like your S.Ca. organic gardening book. Answer from Pat: When gardeners decide to go organic […]
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Garden Q & A – Page 6
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Question from Randy: Randy in Santa Barbara again. I have a question. I started a passion vine ‘Frederick’ from a cutting from my other ‘Frederick’. It’s about a year old and is totally covering my chicken coop. I got a few fruits a few months ago when the plant initially flowered but then I had […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Vegetables & Fruits
Question from Dave: Thank you very much for writing your books – I read and refer to them every week. I’m trying to shift from conventional to organic gardening. All of my citrus trees have citrus leaf miner – some worse than others. I’ve spread worm castings and shifted over to chicken manure based fertilizer. […]
Question from Chris: My name is Chris Garcia, I am not a beginner gardner but I am definitely not at your level yet. I am on a mission to gain as much knowledge as possible regarding organic gardening, I am seeking an internship of sorts in Panama to work on a new sustainable community called […]
Question from Lynn: There are so many fox glove right now at/on the Shores property that a group of us dog-lovers were going to see if we could rid the place of them. Someone suggested a weed wacker. Someone else suggested ripping up from the roots. What is your opinion? We don’t want to use […]
Categories : Garden Q & A
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 to the compost pile, but it’s best to pick up fallen fruit frequently. […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Gardening Tip
Flowering Cherry Trees for Mediterranean Climates
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Thursday,
April
17th,
2014
at 09:31 AM
Gardening Question from Faith: Just came across your website–I am considering planting a flowering cherry tree so timing is perfect. I live in Southern California. Could you tell me if there is one that would grow well here and also about the rooting system and size of that type of cherry tree. I would like […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Trees
Question from Denise: Dear Pat….these are the problems I emailed you about… they have since been cleaned over and jute stapled on….I will send some more current pictures this afternoon when the weather clears…(of the new repairs) I went to the nursery yesterday and looked at planting materials…not too much that I found attractive. I […]
Question from James: The Sunset Western lists our San Diego area as between 14 & 24 but I find many products require a more specific zone. I thought that if I provided you with a more detailed location, you could provide me with a closer zone. We live at the top of the hill above […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Planting
Question from Karen: I’m having a reverse osmosis filtration system installed in my kitchen. To produce it 3 gallons are needed to produce 1 gallon of filtered water. Ideally I’d like to recycle and reuse the excess water. Do you know anyone who has done this or do you have any information about whether this […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Irrigation
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