Blog by Michelle DavisI have long associated different flowers, flowering shrubs, and flowering trees with different seasons of the year and holidays, i.e., marigolds with Halloween, chrysanthemums with Thanksgiving, Bermuda lilies with Easter. As I was making my yearly pilgrimage to the CPA in…
Article by Ann ShortWhat’s not to love about winter in a California Mediterranean Garden? It is quite something.The weather cools.Leaves are bagged and saved for compost. Trees let in more light without their canopy. The vegetable garden is mostly dormant and cleaned up, and bulbs planted. Now, we wait for…
Blog by Brenda AltmanClimate change is real. Every year, my pluot (plum apricot) tree starts flowering earlier and earlier. Here it is flowering in the second week of February!Luther Burbank pioneered the development of hybrid plums and apricots. In the late 19th century, crossing an apricot and a plum…
Blog by Lauren MenaYou’ve just bought a tree at a nursery, brought it to its new location and are ready to plant. Maybe you’re fairly new to planting trees and are pleased to see that the tree came with a free stake. You figure the nursery must know what they’re doing, so you go ahead and plant it, with the…
Blog by Lanie KeystoneIf the promise of Spring has given you a sense of wanderlust, look no further than a visit to San Luis Obispo (SLO) on California’s Central Coast. It’s just a little over 4-hour drive from Solano or Yolo Counties, or, for even more fun, take a train trip along the coast. …
