Twelve Months of Articles
June 2025
May 2025
- Document
April 2025
March 2025
- Document
February 2025
January 2025
- Helpful Garden Tips for January 2025 (January 4, 2025)
December 2024
- Holiday Decorations from the Garden (December 14, 2024)
- Meet the Ginko Tree (December 21, 2024)
- It's time to prevent Peach Leaf Curl (December 28, 2024)
November 2024
- How Important is Soil Health (November 16, 2024)
- Gifts and Gadgets for Gardeners (November 23, 2024)
- Cover Crops for Home Gardeners (November 30, 2024)
October 2024
- October Flower of the Month - Chrysanthemums (October 12, 2024)
- A Story of Two Longlegs Spiders (October 19, 2024)
- Grow Your Own Garlic (October 20, 2024)
September 2024
- It's Cilantro Planting Time (September 28, 2024)
- Potato Growing for the Green Home Gardener (September 21, 2024)
August 2024
- Outdoor Container Gardening (August 17, 2024)
- Milkweed for the California Garden (August 24, 2024)
- Create Your Own Hanging Baskets and Window Boxes (July 20, 2024)
July 2024
- Preventing Sunburn and Heat Stress in the Garden (July 13, 2024)
(July 20, 2024)
- Gardening Naturally Invite the Good Guys into Your Yard (July 20, 2024)
June 2024
May 2024
- Document
- Easy Care Summer Flowers (May 11, 2024)
April 2024
- Growing VFN Resistant Tomatoes (April 27, 2024)
March 2024
- Consider Raised Garden Beds (March 9, 2024)
February 2024
January 2024
- Sweet Success with Apricot Trees (January 20, 2023)
December 2023
- Document
- New Years Resolutions for the Garden (December 23, 2023)
November 2023
- Cool Season Vegetable Gardening is Cool and Rewarding (November 25, 2023)
- The Christmas Cactus - an eyecatching delight (November 18, 2023)
October 2023
- Spiders – Scary and Spooky, or Peaceful and Quiet (October 28, 2023)
- Recognizing Herbicide Damage in Ornamentals (October 21, 2023) (October 21, 2023)
- What to do with the rain (October 14, 2023)
September 2023
- Plant Your Thanksgiving Salads and Sides Now (September 23, 2023)
- Why call a Master Gardener (September 16, 2023)
- Lavenders for Drought Tolerant Gardens (September 9, 2023)
August 2023
- Cacti and Succulents for the Indoors (August 26, 2023)
- Create a Water Wise Yard (August 5, 2023)
July 2023
- Bees in the Garden (July 22, 2023)
- Caterpillars, Worms, and their Damage, OH MY! (July 15, 2023)
- Succulent Sedums are Suitable for Sustainable Gardens (July 8, 2023)
June 2023
- Document
- Caring for Citrus Trees (June 24, 2023)
- Sunflowers are Easy to Grow for Cut Flowers (June 17, 2023)
May 2023
- Daylillies (May 20, 2023)
- Red Bird of Paradise (May 13, 2023)
April 2023
- Beginner's Guide to Starting a Garden (April 22, 2023)
- Honeydew Producing Insects (April 15, 2023)
March 2023
- What is an Artichoke (March 18, 2023)
- Composting - How to Beef up on Organic Matter (March 11, 2023)
February 2023
- Growing Blueberries (February 25, 2023)
- Plumbago - One Common Name for Two Different Plants (February 18, 2023)
- Home Orchards - Choosing the Perfect Trees to Fit your Needs (February 11, 2023)
January 2023
- What Grows in Grandma's (and Grandpa's) Garden (January 28, 2023)
- Container Gardening - Planting (January 21, 2023)
- Container Gardening - The Basics (January 14, 2023)
Holiday Hints
 | Super Bowl Sunday Fruit Trees - Deciduous - Apply 2nd dormant spray for insect and disease prevention (before buds open). Lawns - Apply preemergence for crabgrass & spring weeds (if needed). |
 | Valentine’s Day Flowers - Roses - Complete pruning. Grapes - Prune vines. Vegetables - Plant lettuce, peas, potatoes, radishes. |
 | St. Patrick’s Day Flowers - Seed cosmos, garden herbs, sunflowers, wildflowers, etc. Bulbs - Plant summer flowering bulbs/corms (e.g. amaryllis, cannas, gladioli, bearded iris). Lawns - Fertilize with a complete fertilizer. Vegetables - Plant beans, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, melons, peppers, squash, tomatoes. |
 | April Fool’s Day Flowers - Azalea, camellia & gardenias - prune & fertilize with ‘acid type’ fertilizer after bloom. Roses - Check for aphids & mildew; feed with systemic & rose fertilizer. Fruit & Nut Trees - Deciduous - Fertilize (½ now, ½ in June). Evergreen - Prune (after danger of frost and up until bloom) Vegetables - Plant corn, okra, tomatoes. |
 | Mother’s Day Flowers - Plant summer color bedding plants (e.g. begonia, impatiens, marigold, petunia, salvia, vinca, zinnia). Lawns - Fertilize with nitrogen; apply preemergence for summer weeds (if needed). Fruit Trees - Citrus - Fertilize 3x in early spring & summer with citrus/avocado fertilizer. Olives - Spray olive trees at bloom to prevent unwanted fruit. |
 | July 4th - Independence Day Fruit Trees - Prune apricots after harvest to avoid disease. Lawns - Fertilize warm season grasses (bermuda, St. Augustine, & zoysia). Do NOT fertilize cool season grasses (fescues, Kentucky bluegrass, perennial rye). Vegetables - Plant artichokes, pumpkins, & winter squash. |
 | Labor Day Lawns - Fertilize all lawns with nitrogen. Apply preemergence for annual bluegrass & winter weeds (if needed). Strawberries - Set plants out now for next year’s fruit. Vegetables - Plant artichokes, beets, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, chard, kale, lettuce, & potatoes. |
 | Halloween Flowers - Seed delphiniums, foxgloves, hollyhocks, sweet peas, etc. Plant winter color bedding plants (e.g. iceland poppies, pansies, snapdragons, stock). Lawns - Overseed bermudagrass lawns with annual or perennial ryegrass. Fruit & Nut Trees - Prune properly to promote next year's fruit. |
 | Thanksgiving Flowers - Bulbs - Plant spring flowering bulbs (e.g. crocus, daffodils, dutch iris, hyacinth, narcissus, ranunculus, and tulips). Fruit Trees - Apply 1st dormant spray for insect and disease prevention. Vegetables - Plant spinach. |
 | New Year’s Day Flowers - Roses - Start pruning. Vegetables - Plant asparagus crowns. |