I am often asked by clients to design a drought tolerant yard, or a low maintenance yard. Well, no plants are more suitable and easier…

When designing clients’ yards, I often hear statements like “I like lavender and rosemary, but they get so big. Is there one that doesn’t?” Well,…

Fertilizers: What should I use, when do I use it, and how much should I apply? These can be very troubling questions for even seasoned…

Yes, it’s time to start thinking about the fall. What!!? I’m just starting to get my first tomatoes and squash! you might say. Why should…

I guarantee you this, one bite into your first homegrown carrot and you will never be without them in your garden again. Carrots are an…

In part two of an answer to a reader’s question about beneficial insects I look at ways to attract them into your garden. Attracting beneficial…

A reader posed a question about my recommending the use of a pesticide for aphids in an earlier article that brings up two separate and…

Spring is here, and with it the weeds. This being an “el nino” year, we saw large amounts of rainfall and now have gigantic weeds….

Tomatoes are an incredibly fun, easy and giving plant to grow everywhere except areas that get heavy fog in the summer. Sound familiar? Don’t be…

Aphids are one of the worst spring time pests, but most people don’t notice them chewing their plants to bits until it’s too late, and…

In the comments to my column yesterday on growing strawberries and lettuce in a pot, Matt asks: Do the lettuce leaves and strawberries keep growing…

One rule of thumb here in San Francisco is “If you’re always planting, you’re always harvesting.” Whether its a fully grown head of lettuce in…