California Gardening

Where Can I Buy Bulbinella?

Posted by akarinz January 7, 2009

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melle_sacto(Z9/Sunset 14 CA)Updated January 22, 2009 Good luck in your search!

California Heatwave!

Posted by stanofh January 9, 2009

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Kim LadinUpdated January 21, 2009 Hey, it's raining. Thank heavens!!!

suggestion on shady trees

Posted by edel January 20, 2009

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grilledcheese818Updated January 21, 2009 I hear Camphor trees provide shade all year long.

How to cut back leggy daisies (Shasta I think)

Posted by dbaycalif(14 / 9) January 18, 2009

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sunnie(9/10 So.Calif.)Updated January 20, 2009 You're hoping you have osteospermum, and it will come back.. believe me it will ! I planted a few about 4 years ago and every year trim it back, but its so invasive that I want to get rid of it and find this is impossible Thought ...

Need general advice on fruit trees

Posted by postum(9b CA (S.F.)) January 16, 2009

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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated January 20, 2009 It looks like the trees were planted and forgotten. First I would hoe the weeds away from the trees about three feet. Level the area by cutting into the high side and making a watering basin. Drive a stake just outside the waterin...

BBQs in January?

Posted by omniphasic(9 Ca) January 18, 2009

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Suzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9bUpdated January 19, 2009 One of the joys of California! If you want it, the snow is an hour or so away. If you want it, the beach is an hour or so away. Life is always good!! Golf? Year round! And the BBQ is always ready!

Organic Gardening in Southern California

Posted by caherbal January 16, 2009

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jean001(z8aPortland, OR)Updated January 17, 2009 I see that you joined the same day you posted. Is it your class?

Warm weather and fruit trees

Posted by caavonldy(8/9 N CA) January 16, 2009

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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated January 17, 2009 Your fruit trees builtin timing should protect your trees from blooming before their chilling requirements have been met. If we get back to normal temperatures and rainfall soon and spring is not unusually cold and wet(a lot of if...

Cheap sources for California poppies?

Posted by ltecato(9) December 12, 2008

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sautesmomUpdated January 16, 2009 Thought I'd update---I just got a catalogue today from www.wildseedfarms.com, and their prices for CA poppies are 1 oz 4.35, 1/4 lb. 7.75, and 1 lb 17.00. And they have some nice wildflower combinations too! Carla in Sac

Free Compost

Posted by chickenlady_2007 October 30, 2007

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sanda(Uz10/Sz23 SoCal)Updated January 16, 2009 Hello, Do you still have compost available? Thank you.

best taste in fruit testing, consecutive harvest times

Posted by lucia_ca(z9 CA) October 19, 2008

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sautesmomUpdated January 15, 2009 Lucia: I started doing what you have done about three years ago--planiing out my non-stop harvest of yumminess. I've printed out the Dave Wilson harvest sheets they have online, and mapped my harvest dates. I'm a geek about it, bu...

Starting from scratch (again)...sorry so long

Posted by thursday January 10, 2009

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greenwitch(Sz19 SoCal)Updated January 14, 2009 Raised beds are great but not in hot dry climates (they dry out even faster). Below is a link to a website that you may get ideas from, the farm is in Fresno, hot and dry. A good book I might recommend is Steve Solomon's Gardening...

Halloween Peach

Posted by sandigger January 14, 2009

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greenwitch(Sz19 SoCal)Updated January 14, 2009 I grow it and it has fruited for me in Granada Hills (not for me, for the squirrels so I have no idea what the taste/quality of it is). I got scions from the US Germplasm Repository (I think) which I grafted to a volunteer peach s...

Golden Kiwi

Posted by tammysf(9b/10a or sz15/16) January 13, 2009

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tammysf(9b/10a or sz15/16)Updated January 14, 2009 lucia, where did you buy your plants?

Tree/Shrub ID Please

Posted by skrip(z9/sun19/SoCal.) January 12, 2009

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skrip(z9/sun19/SoCal.)Updated January 14, 2009 I figured this was sort of a 'free' tree that I could place somewhere else in my yard/garden for our summer shade. But after researching it a bit more, I think that would be a huge mistake. Especially the fact that I might not be ...

Southern California Tomato Pests

Posted by jll0306(9/ Sunset 18/High Desert) January 4, 2009

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slave2thefurUpdated January 13, 2009 I tried 2 new angles with my tomatoes last year: giving birds a perch, and adding a bird bath. After watching the birds that eagerly pick bugs off plants, such as mockingbirds, finches and phoebes, they all needed a stable place t...

snails

Posted by gghertz June 22, 2006

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californianUpdated January 13, 2009 About 20 years ago there used to be many snails on my property. The past few years it is rare for me to see one. I think the drought has done them in.

28 degrees in Bay Area at 7 am this morning

Posted by deep___roots(ca9/sunset15) December 18, 2008

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tammysf(9b/10a or sz15/16)Updated January 13, 2009 got up to 70 today!!

Does the beautyberry do well in So Cal?

Posted by iheartdl January 8, 2009

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iheartdlUpdated January 11, 2009 Ooh, thank you so much for the leads! Leslie

Looking for Buddleja Globosa

Posted by jxa44 January 9, 2009

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jxa44Updated January 9, 2009 Thanx Sue! I put in my order! I am in love with buddleja's -- this year's new love is 'miss ruby' and an old love that i'm getting this year 'ellen's blue'. we have a plethora of hummingbirds and a large property, so i plant plant...

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