Photo by Audrey Pavia Petunia is an important stop on my walks around the neighborhood. Even though I have horses to ride and chores to do, I still feel like I need to take a walk around the neighborhood a couple of times a week for exercise. Nothing clears my head after a day at […]
My rear office garden, which has floor-to-ceiling window doors looking out on it, is a fairly charming little mess of green leaves and comfortable shade, and it boasts two peices of garden sculpture.
Last summer, after much squinting to make out the smaller print in magazines and books, and much denial about how the ruthless passage of time was again messing with my once-accute vision, it finally dawned on me: I needed new glasses.
Keep track of your farm income and expenses with record-keeping software.
Don’t think a plain orange pumpkin is your only option. Specialty pumpkin varieties turn heads on the farm with their rainbow of colors, textures and styles.
Growing pumpkins and squash is simple. Use these tips to get your pumpkin patch started.
Urban farmers can look up the day’s agricultural forecast using Weather.com’s Farmer’s Forecast tool. Urban farmers are already strides ahead of generations past, as they transform vacant lots, small backyards and rooftops to luscious garden hosts. But living in the age of technology means urban farmers also have access to resources they never would have […]
Photo by Audrey Pavia Our eggs come in some weird shapes and sizes. I remember the first time one of our chickens laid an egg. We’d gotten the chickens as pullets and had been impatiently waiting for them to grow up so they would start laying. The morning I went out to the coop to […]
Courtesy Tom Savio The Southern California Horticulurist Society will honor Yvonne Savio in September for her influence on Los Angeles’ gardening community. Once a year, the Southern California Horticulturist Society, a forum founded in 1937 to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and expertise within the fields of gardening and botany, deems one exceptional individual to […]
I’ve officially given up on trying to control anything in the garden.
