Bareroot Planting

CONTAINER GARDENING
"Mary, Mary...
How Does Your Garden Grow?"
container gardening e-letter
by Mary Crowell.

Plants Have Families, too!

FALL LEAVES: Make Compost
 Recycle your leaves to benefit your garden and keep the landfills.

What Is Mycorrhizae?
A short intoduction to the new name for an old, beneficial
garden relationship.  

Companion Planting Is A Necessity
Companion Planting as
Community Planting  

    FLOWERS
Agapanthus

Amaryllis

California Poppy
Our state flower

Daylillies

Rose Notes

   VEGETABLES

Veggie News

Artichoke

Eggplant

Fall Vegetables

    OTHER TOPICS

Decorating with Berries

Bulbs

Trees

Horticulture

Hints & Tips from California Gardeners

Special e-letters to download:

Veggie News
Veggie News January 2008
Veggie News-June 2008

Rose News-Fall 2007
Rose News- Winter 2007
Rose News- Spring 2008
Rose News-Summer 2008

Tree Report

Gardening Tidbits

• Do NOT prune eucalyptus trees from April through October. The eucalyptus borer is decimating entire eucalyptus groves throughout California. The adult beetle is most active during these months seeking out pruning wounds and freshly cut firewood.
  -from the newsletter of the Monrovia Garden Club
  
• Climbing roses will flower more profusely if you train them to follow a horizontal line along a trellis or frame while the canes are still young and supple. Form an arch by fastening the end of a cane to a peg in the ground (or hang a rock from the cane) to encourage even more blooms.
  -from “Green Thumb”, the newsletter of the Southern California Garden Club
  
• As the weather warms, whitefly infestation increases. To make your own sticky traps, take bright yellow index cards, punch a hole in the top and then spread a thin layer of petoleum jelly on both sides of the card. Hang with a twistie or string in areas that have high infestations. Change cards as needed.
  -from the newsletter of the Conejo Valley Organic Garden & Herb Society
  
• A quick and easy way to temporarily stake plants growing up a wooden fence or post is to employ push- pins from a bulletin board. Stick a push-pin into the wood on each side of the vine. Stretch a wide rubber ban across the pins. Make sure the rubber band isn’t too tight or it will break the tender shoots.This will support the vine until it can twine and support itself. The pins can then be easily removed.
  -submitted by Gudy Kimmel

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