Garden Notes

When it seems that winter will never bid us goodbye, gardeners are busy anticipating spring with planning and scheming of ways to make their gardens even more beautiful and productive than ever before! Whether you are planting a vegetable garden, growing fruit trees, or you just love watching pollin...

WEED: Creeping spurge, Chamaesyce serpens. Creeping spurge is a summer annual broadleaf plant. It is found in the Central Valley, southern South Coast Ranges, and southwestern region.

PERENNIAL: Sedum: Autumn Joy' (Hylotelephium telephium 'Herbstfreude') is a popular upright sedum. It is a hybrid plant created by crossing a species of sedum (Sedum telephium) with a species of ice plant (Hylotelephium spectabile). The plant features gray-green, rounded, succulent-like leaves.

The weather may be dreary but there are still chores to consider this wintery season. Hopefully, there are enough pleasant winter days to get them accomplished.

We are so fortunate to live in an area where food can be grown year-round, even in winter.