Posts Tagged: garden

Ideas to Borrow from Japanese Gardens

There is a lot to learn from the long, venerable tradition of gardening in Japan, a point made in last week's Real Dirt, which focused on the history and meaning of Japanese gardens. Indeed, in Kyoto alone there are more than 50 temple and palace...

Swaths of blue iris beneath trees at Sanzen-in garden in Ohara, northern Kyoto. J.C. Lawrence

Swaths of blue iris beneath trees at Sanzen-in garden in Ohara, northern Kyoto. J.C. Lawrence

Celebrating the Crab Spider in Arachtober

It's Arachtober and that means celebrating arachnids for the entire month of October. Well, we ought to celebrate them year around, but October is THEIR month. Let's especially applaud crab spiders when they prey on such agricultural pests as the...

A crab spider eating a lygus bug, an agricultural pest in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A crab spider eating a lygus bug, an agricultural pest in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Japanese Gardens

Looking for some garden inspiration?  Let's do some “armchair travelling” across the Pacific to one of the world's loveliest places for garden viewing:  Kyoto, Japan.    Do you want your garden to be a place of...

Zeroing in on Honey Bees

The next seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology promises to be of great interest to bee scientists, beekeepers, and all those who want to learn more about honey bees. An international leader in honey bee...

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Garden Jobs for Fall and Winter

It's not too soon to start thinking about fall garden clean-up. As days begin to shorten and temperatures begin to cool (fingers crossed!), the pace of gardening slows along with plant growth.  But there is still plenty to be done during the fall...

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