The Coastal Gardener

Test your fire danger awareness: 1. I'm safe from wildfire because I live close to the ocean and we have the marine layer to protect us.

Birds do it, bees do it, Even seaweeds in the seas do itwith apologies to Cole Porter The origin of animal pollination has long been assumed to be a terrestrial phenomenon, starting with the evolution of flowering plants (angiosperms) during the late Cretaceous (99.6 to 65.5 million years ago) [1].

Avocados are a staple. Every person who opened an avocado has probably put the pit (seed) into water and hoped for a tree to harvest their own. Reality check: Avocado growing doesn't work that way. Yes, you might get a tree, and yes, after 10+ years it may produce fruit under the right conditions.

About: Powdery mildew is a group of fungal diseases that afflict a wide variety of plants. There are many species of fungi (e.g., Erysiphe spp., Sphaerotheca spp. Golovinomyces cichoracearum) that infect plants and cause the suite of symptoms we commonly call powdery mildew.

Gattone, Toni. THE LIFELONG GARDENER, GARDEN WITH EASE & JOY AT ANY AGE Timber Press, 2019 Portland, Oregon 214 pages. Who can resist a book whose preface begins, The year I became a Master Gardener, I couldn't wait to apply the information I'd learned so I could transform my garden.