Q. I live in Zone 10 Orange County, CA and am ready to start my planting. What herbs/veg/berries/fruit can I begin to plant? Is there a site that guides me by month? A. First: There is no exhaustive list of jobs to do online for your climate zone, but my month-by-month Southern California garden books […]
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Garden Q & A – Page 8
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Categories : Garden Q & A, Month by Month Gardening
Question from Christy: I have just removed ice plant from my bank and would like to go with native/drought tolerant/succulent/and maybe even some edible plants. I live in San Diego and the bank gets full sun. I have a good idea (from your web-site) about the first three types of plants but I am not […]
Q. I live in Santa Clarita, CA. up by Magic Mountain. I’ve always wondered exactly what “zone” this is considered?? A. Thanks for your wonderful email. It sounds as if you’ve got your priorities straight! By the way, the book you had in storage is 20 years old, but I am glad to hear how […]
Q. I planted a beautiful bed of Iceland poppies and the first week everything was fine. I started noticing that the new buds were mysteriously disappearing before they opened? The stems are fine but the buds are cleanly removed from the top of the stem? Our area has wall rats and squirrels could it be […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Pests
Suggestions re Flowering vine or hedge as divider
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Saturday,
December
7th,
2013
at 03:49 AM
Question from Diane: I live in middle of Los Angeles (Hancock Park red clay soil) and have cyclone fence between new neighbors and my yard. Old divider was eugenia hedge now removed. East/south facing so sun most of the day. Think Jasmine, potato vine, wisteria would get too thick. Any other suggestions? Passion vine too […]
How the Weather Can Make a Barren Peach Tree Bear Fruit
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Sunday,
November
17th,
2013
at 03:49 AM
Gardening Question from Diana: My peach tree is about 8 years old. It has never had peaches until this year. It rained a lot. I started picking peaches on June 10-July 26. I have no peaches on my tree-just picked the last few. What can I do so that I will have many peaches again? […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees, Garden Q & A
Information from Dave Rietveld provided by reader Kenneth: You seem to know a lot about the onion set biz. You indeed are right, short-day sets are indeed a well kept secret. One of the reasons they are not readily available for the home gardner is that they lack shelf-life after they are milled. I am […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Vegetables & Fruits
Q. I have a bougainvilla. It’s potted in a large clay pot on my balcony. It faces the South and I live in Marina del Rey. I watered it once a week… about 1/4 a gallon. I slowed the watering down, sped it up. Moved it to a bigger pot. Nothing I have done seems […]
Vegetables in Raised Beds: Problems with Yellow Leaves
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Saturday,
November
9th,
2013
at 03:49 AM
Question: I am growing vegetables in raised beds filled with a very good potting soil. I have fertilized regularly with organic fertilizer according to package directions and I use a drip system for watering. What causes the yellow leaves and how can I correct the problem? The drainage is excellent. If anything, it’s too good! […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Month by Month Gardening
Starting a New Business: Building Raised Beds for Growing Vegetables
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Monday,
October
14th,
2013
at 03:49 AM
Question: I’m a landscape designer, but business has gone down lately, so I’m starting a new business designing and building raised beds for vegetables. Many of my clients want to do this, but they don’t have the time to build the beds. Can you offer me any advice? Answer: There are several people in this […]
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