In winter, nothing grows! We mustn't stop at our mental representations. Winter doesn't have to be a dead season for your vegetable garden. It can also be a period rich in harvests and surprises. As ...
Once you have chosen an appropriate site, it is time to prepare it. Good soil is the key, and lots of it. I recommend at least 8 inches of soil. And don't skimp on it. A good soil base is essential to ...
Growing vegetables in raised beds offers many benefits. Raised beds give your garden a sense of scale and structure, limit ...
January is a great time for Marin County gardeners to prepare raised vegetable beds for the upcoming growing season. Amending the soil in winter months ensures that the beds will provide vegetables ...
Discover the secrets to transforming light sandy garden soil into a thriving vegetable patch! In this video, we share ...
If you have a garden, either for vegetables or flowers, one of your regular recurring tasks is to prepare the ground for planting. It may be something as simple as removing a completed vegetable crop ...
Weeks of cold temperatures and rain have unsettled the gardening season. You may be raring to get your garden planted – but hold on. Sowing seed or planting seedlings at the wrong time will bring ...
It can be useful to evaluate how your vegetable gardening efforts fared this past season and make notes for next year.
Fall is here, well almost…okay, okay, technically autumn officially begins the 22nd of September. So, fall’s cool breath is near at hand! Walking about the gardens this morning was fantastic with ...
Now that winter is fading, it’s time to turn our thoughts to spring and vegetable gardens. There’s planning and plotting to do about what you’re going to grow and where and when you’ll plant it.