The Lazy Gardener’s Plant Pick: Feijoa (Pineapple Guava)
Autumn’s in full swing here at the ranch which also means it’s harvest time. Around here that means seasonal crops and a number of fruit trees – apples, persimmons, pomegranates and others grown from Maine to California.
It’s also harvest time for one prolific fruit tree that you don’t see very much outside of the USDA’s [...]
Top garden blogs for a Mid-summer’s day
Today is midsummer’s day. We are exactly 46.5 days — take an hour or two based on where you are — through this year’s 93 day long season. (It’s also a full moon and penumbral lunar eclipse.)
For those of us in San Diego living west of the of the mountains that means a lot of [...]
Garden Trial: Organic “Dot Pots”
Last winter I was browsing through one of my seed catalogs when I ran across something called Dot Pots.
According to the catalog description Dot Pots are “the world’s only 100% organic, OMRI-listed biodegradable pots,” and are made from only two natural ingredients: wood fiber and peat moss.
Being dedicate to organic gardening, I prefer organic everything [...]
Coming to a store near you: The Lawnchair Garden
The first garden I had in a place of my own was on a tiny veranda outside of my tiny apartment. I grew a whole bunch of stuff — tomatoes, herbs, lettuce, zucchini, etc. — in little redwood planter boxes I had liberated from my parent’s house. I loved it. No pests, no weeds, and [...]
Lazy Gardener’s Plant of the Week: Clivia
Sager’s Note: This is the first in a weekly series where I highlight plants in and around the gardens here at The Ranch that look great year-in and year-out even though I never do anything to or for them. In other words they’re, this lazy gardener’s best friends.
Why I picked this plant:
Take a gander out [...]
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