Fruits & Vegetables
Our Favorite Ways To Use & Preserve Citrus
One of the best parts about gardening in Southern California is the citrus. This time of year there is literally citrus galore---especially in Orange County. I grew up in a neighborhood, not far from where I live now, that used to be an orange grove. In fact, many...
Things To Consider When Buying a Fruit Tree
Are you considering buying a fruit tree? Welcome! You are about to embark on a rewarding edible landscape journey. While I will try fun and interesting new vegetables or flowers on a whim, fruit trees are different. Fruit trees typically cost more money, take longer...
Growing Peas in Southern California
Is there anything better than walking through the garden, plucking a pea from the vine, and devouring it as a sweet and crunchy snack? Today I'm here to share my tips for growing peas Southern California. Believe it or not, peas are usually touted as being an "easy...
Tips for Growing Carrots at Home
I'm happy to report carrots are one of the vegetables that I can direct sow and NOT have demolished by soil pests! Direct sowing in my garden tends to go more like this: sow seeds, wonderful little seedlings germinate, everything gets eaten by roly polies, earwigs, or...
Grow Your Own Passionfruit ~ My 5 Best Tips
In all honesty, our passionfruit vine is one of the most low maintenance plants in our yard. This is mostly due to the fact that our climate is extremely suitable to growing passionfruit---and so much of gardening is about climate. Passionfruit vines thrive in warm,...
How to Grow Garlic ~ A Guide to Planting, Harvesting, Curing, & Storage
You can grow your own garlic, and it's totally worth it. We just completed our third season growing garlic, and I'm obsessed. So much so, that I wanted to learn more about it this summer and took a trip to the local library. The book I found was all about...
A Vertical Gardening Ideas Guide
Why grow vertically? As many of us have started to realize the value of growing our own food, a large struggle we face is finding space to grow. In my own backyard, my raised bed space started with 119 sq. feet for growing food. Experimenting and learning to grow...
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