A few years ago, after a visit to Portugal that included a visit to a stopper production factory, Pamela Koide Hyatt learned about Cork, Que

What a wonderful evening it was with our first ever packed Zoom meeting house as Nan Sterman received the San Diego Horticulturist of the Ye

The board of directors met for their first meeting of the year via Zoom on January 18, 2021, and much was accomplished in a relatively short

What we are reading next: The Food Explorer by Daniel Stone Meeting Date: February 22, 2021 Time: 6 pm PST Where: Zoom (link will be emaile

What did you learn from something that went wrong in your garden?

For the past two years, the UCCE San Diego Master Gardener Program, through its Reminiscence Gardening (RG) public outreach program, has par

For climbers, if you have space, the goal is to fan the canes, radiating out. (photo Caption Here, there are some overlapping of branches be

If you are thinking about landscaping your front or back yard, try not to overlook this showstopper! There are many things to love about the

Every spring I get calls and emails from people about the great mosquito eaters that are showing up at their lights, windows and doors at ni

The coronavirus is on everyone’s mind. COVID-19 has caused extreme loss of life - but few people understand what a virus is - and what it is

The fruits of wild-type tomatoes are yellow and green, and barely the size of the tip of one’s little finger. The tomato probably originated

Like all events everywhere, the Vista Garden Club's May 2020 Annual Flower Show and Plant Sale was canceled. And, as a result, the plant sal

a category of taste in food (besides sweet, sour, salt, and bitter), corresponding to the flavor of glutamates, especially monosodium glutam

When I first moved to this property five plus years ago, I knew I wanted to make large changes in the garden. I started right away building

GARDEN OF LOVE This Valentine’s Day weekend, we invite you to be our Valentine! Whether you come alone, bring your sweetheart, or your...

Has the weather got your plants down . . . if yes, what are you doing about it? Weather includes heat, wind, overcast days, too much sun, d

Be sure to plan to join with us on Zoom February 8th, 2021 at 6 p.m. for "Nature Restoration Landscaping" with Dennis Mudd, founder of...

To join, send an email to k-england@cox.net with the subject "Book Club". A Zoom link will be sent to all who join. January 25th, 6pm. The

By Jim Bishop. Just a year ago on this date life looked very different. This was to be the year to do my take on the California motto: ...

Normally I am given great freedom in what I write about each month for Let's Talk Plants!, as long as it has to do with plants and gardens.

Spring in a non-native plant garden can be a wondrous time of colorful blooms from bulbs; tulips, ranunculus, daffodils, etc. But what about

Early in the pandemic, mainly to control garden snails, I got two ducks to join my two old hens already in the chicken coop. You can read ab

There is something really enjoyable about balcony gardening. It’s a place to commune with nature, decompress and let your creative juices fl