Prune your Tomatoes, Grapes, and Cannabis this Month for Larger Fruit

Prune your Tomatoes, Grapes, and Cannabis this Month for Larger Fruit

It’s high summer and your crops are at their peak. Now is the time to prune those plants strategically in ...
The Virtue of Planting on Hill Mounds

The Virtue of Planting on Hill Mounds

Gardener’s Notebook by Joshua Burman Thayer Some plants have evolved to live on hillsides. They do not generally like to ...
Create Moisture Microclimates on Your Property

Create Moisture Microclimates on Your Property

Gardener’s Notebook by Joshua Burman Thayer | Illustration by Charmaine Koehler-Lodge Microclimates matter when it comes to what will grow ...
Deadhead Your Spring Veggies

Deadhead Your Spring Veggies

Gardener’s Notebook by Joshua Burman Thayer Spring is big this year. Those of us who ride with the seasonal tide ...
Sow, Sow, Sow for Spring Abundance

Sow, Sow, Sow for Spring Abundance

February in the Garden: Gardener’s Notebook by Joshua Burman Thayer It’s still quite cold outside, too cold, in fact, for ...
How to Design Microclimates into your Bay Area Garden

How to Design Microclimates into your Bay Area Garden

Gardener's Notebook by Joshua Burman Thayer In 2003, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, reported that a simple brick ...
Have You Finished Your Fall Gardening Chores?

Have You Finished Your Fall Gardening Chores?

Gardener's Notebook by Joshua Burman Thayer The fall season is nearly done and everything seems to be at a pause, ...
How to Create Moisture Microclimates on Your Property

How to Create Moisture Microclimates on Your Property

Gardener’s Notebook by Joshua Burman Thayer While microclimates might not seem like something you can create on your own property, ...
Design your Garden in Harmony with Nature

Design your Garden in Harmony with Nature

Gardener’s Notebook by Joshua Burman Thayer Out in wild areas, nature supports a wide variety of plants living in close ...
Plant a Screen of Edibles and Natives for Food and Habitat

Plant a Screen of Edibles and Natives for Food and Habitat

Gardener's Notebook by Joshua Burman Thayer Among the advantages of planting food-producing trees in cohabitation with native ecology are food ...