Touch-Up Pruning for Lemon Tree Health

Touch-Up Pruning for Lemon Tree Health

Gardener's Notebook Many Bay Area property owners enjoy great yields from their citrus trees, but most are unclear about when ...
May in the Garden: The Three Sisters of Summer Adopt a Fourth

May in the Garden: The Three Sisters of Summer Adopt a Fourth

Gardener's Notebook By Joshua Burman Thayer One of the great delights of walking the hills above the bohemian enclave of ...
Growing Food Near Native Oaks

Growing Food Near Native Oaks

Growing Food Near Native Oaks Is it possible to grow perennial food plants near native oaks? Yes, with the right ...
Home Harvest

Home Harvest

  Wishing you had more planting space in your yard? There may be an extra piece of gardening real estate ...
Move Over Spinach: Miner’s Lettuce is Here

Move Over Spinach: Miner’s Lettuce is Here

Gardener's Notebook A recent rainy day off found me wandering the oak woodlands on the east side of Mount Diablo ...
In the Winter Garden

In the Winter Garden

Right now, the Bay Area winter may be gently nudging or loudly banging on your door. If you’re a gardener, ...
Young Hands in the Dirt

Young Hands in the Dirt

sharing the garden’s pleasures with kids By Joshua Burman Thayer Illustrations by Cheryl Angelina Koehler As a wilderness camp counselor ...