Summer Starts

Summer Starts

Gardener’s Notebook Now is the time to sprout your summer crops from seed. In April and May when you purchase ...
Protect your Topsoil Through the Winter

Protect your Topsoil Through the Winter

Gardener's Notebook Pelting rains, driving winds, and what looks like a creek flowing through your backyard. These winter storms make ...
Sow a Cover Crop

Sow a Cover Crop

Gardener’s Notebook Too many holiday visitors hanging around the house? Get the team outside to tend the earth in a ...
Tend Your Soil

Tend Your Soil

Gardener’s Notebook As you clear out your fall tomato beds, take a little time to give some love to your ...
An Edible Hedgerow in the City

An Edible Hedgerow in the City

An Edible Hedgerow in the City By Joshua Burman Thayer “Thrush in a Fig Tree” illustration by Rigel Stuhmiller In ...
Fall Planting Guide

Fall Planting Guide

Gardener's Notebook by Joshua Burman Thayer As the days shorten and the stress of the sun lessens, we’re in a ...
Meet the Local Wild Cherry

Meet the Local Wild Cherry

Meet a Local Wild Cherry: Prunus ilicifolia On a recent stroll along the north bank of the Carquinez Strait in ...
Plant for the Future with Edible Hedges

Plant for the Future with Edible Hedges

Gardener’s Notebook Do you have a property line with nothing growing on the border or an annoying view of a ...
Solstice Garden

Solstice Garden

Gardening at the Solstice We have arrived at the summer solstice, the time of year when daylight lasts the longest ...
Growing Moringa

Growing Moringa

Gardener's Notebook By Joshua Burman Thayer Moringa Can Be a Boon to Your Garden Have you heard of Moringa oleifera? ...