GARDENING
CONTAINER GARDENING
"Mary, Mary...
How Does Your Garden Grow?"
container gardening e-letter
by Mary Crowell.
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
California Poppy
Our state flower
VEGETABLES
OTHER TOPICS
Horticulture
Hints & Tips from California Gardeners
Special e-letters to download:
Veggie News Fall 2007
Veggie News January 2008
Veggie News-June 2008
Veggie News-September 2008
Rose News-Fall 2007
Rose News- Winter 2007
Rose News- Spring 2008
Rose News-Summer 2008
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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