UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties

If you want to enjoy your own fresh, homegrown tomatoes this summer, April is the time to get started. Unless you are a hardcore gardener and start your own from seeds, most likely you will be buying young tomato plants (seedlings) from a nursery or plant sale.

The late comedian George Carlin once posed the question: "Why is there no blue food? He speculated that the absence of blue food was due to the fact it was actually the secret to immortality and therefore not available to the rest of us.

Do those nice, neat rolls of weed blocking fabric seem like the perfect solution in your battle against unwanted vegetation?

It's the New Year and a gardener's thoughts naturally turn to planning new and interesting plants. For those of us living on California's Central Coast, the mild climate and long growing season supports a wide variety of vegetation.

It's December and tis the season tothink about blackberries! Our cool northern California coastal areas provide the perfect climate for growing sweet, flavorful blackberries. So take a break from the holiday rush and get going on summer's delicious crop. Here's how to have a bountiful harvest.