Alright folks: Summer starts tomorrow and we’re getting ready for fun and sun. Along with fun and sun comes fun in the garden! Here’s a list of what to plant right now in San Diego: Beans, Snap & Pole Good to Plant Mid March – August Beans, Lima Good to Plant Mid April – July Cantaloupe
Today we’re going to look at some common garden terms and their definitions. Annual Annuals are a type of plant that goes through its entire life-cycle (from seed to flower) in one season. They are almost always outdoor plants and usually refer to plants that live one Summer and die. An easy way to remember an
Harry Lauder was a Scottish comedian famous for his biting wit and fierce Scottish pride. He performed on stage for kings and common folk, and during WWI, he took his piano to the French front to entertain the troops amid artillery drops. He was nighted in 1919 for raising over a million pounds for the
Succulents are my favorite category of landscape plants. Along with being extremely drought tolerant and sculptural, succulents are some of the easiest plants to propagate. There are four main methods for propagating these guys: Seed– self-explanatory I hope. Cutting– snipping a small part of a growing branch and causing it to develop roots. Grafting– cutting the
Propagating is a thrifty gardener’s best friend–it’s a way to breed more plants from already established mainstreams or even from kitchen scraps from your very own garden. Let’s define propagation: Propagation: the process of growing new plants from already established plants. Now how do we do that? Select a branch that is at least four
Today we’re going to focus on quick fixes for those of you who are too lazy to go the IPM route (see last week’s Wednesday Dig post) or for the occasional problem that slips past your best defenses. The most basic, most widely effective and most natural spot killer for your little buggers is very
Welcome to The Wednesday Dig…let’s dig in. The best way to get rid of pests in your garden is to discourage them from being there in the first place. Researchers at the University of California, Davis developed a method of pest control called IPM or Integrated Pest Management that devised the most environmentally friendly way to
Let’s talk about what to plant RIGHT now in San Diego and how to ensure you get good healthy plants out of your efforts. In most areas, April is a little late to start from seed for the early Spring harvest fruits and veggies. This is San Diego though and we’ve got Summer-like conditions all
I’m Taylor and I’m guest wandering for your normal Wanderer (Pia). I happen to be her better half…much better actually but don’t tell her that. Today we start our weekly Wednesday gardening post called The Wednesday Dig. We recently started our own raised bed garden so our first Wednesday Dig post is on how to
San Diego is a great place to grow a garden. Since The Wanderer Guides loves gardening (one half of us is practically a Master Gardener) and are currently laying out our new raised garden, we want to include posts on gardening in San Diego. Edible flowers are a great addition to cakes, cupcakes, salads and