RAIL RIDERS UNTIL NEXT SUMMER. WHILE CALIFORNIA’S WINTER SEASON IS RELATIVELY SHORT COMPARED TO OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, TEMPERATURES GET COLD ENOUGH TO CAUSE DAMAGE TO YOUR PLANTS. IF YOU’RE NOT ...

Q: I was given raspberry shoots late last summer. How long will it take for them to produce fruit? A: Since your new plants from last year survived the winter and are growing, you are well on your way ...

QUESTION: Are all forms of light the same to plants? For example, I have some outdoor plants that I bring into the garage during the winter months to protect them, and there is some ambient light from ...

In winter, nothing grows! We mustn't stop at our mental representations. Winter doesn't have to be a dead season for your vegetable garden. It can also be a period rich in harvests and surprises. As ...

Did you hear about the guy who was afraid his expensive tree was dead? It finally budded out, which was a major re-leaf. Northern winters separate the wheat from the chaff, where trees, shrubs and ...

January and February are some of the toughest months of the year for Central Texas gardeners, as anyone who cleared the corpses of beloved plants following the devastating freeze of 2021 can attest.

Raspberries are a fast-growing and delicious fruit that is easy to grow in a home garden. The only downside is that they can take over your landscape if not regularly maintained. An easy solution is ...

Abutilon, or flowering maple, is considered an annual that must be replaced each year, but in Western Washington gardeners have had great success growing the plant for several years without even ...