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How-To
Companion Planting for Successful Southern California Vegetable Gardens
For centuries, gardeners have been observing how various plants can be impacted by their vegetative neighbors. In the vegetable garden, our great-great-grandparents passed on their discoveries that tomatoes and basil…
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How-To
Shade Gardening: How to Plant Under Mature Trees and More
In my mind, shade gardening offers the most rewarding inventory of plants to choose from. But that doesn’t mean these plants don’t come with their own set of challenges—which may…
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Design
New Hardy Shade Plants to Grow Instead of the Usual Suspects
In these socially divisive times, one should not publicly draw comparisons of the character traits between subsets of life around us. But in this instance, as I am older and…
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Design
Designing With Hydrangeas
With so many different forms and habits, hydrangeas are one of the most versatile shrubs to work into a landscape. They can be used in various circumstances either as the…
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Design
Veggies and Flowers Together Make a Beautiful Garden
I’ve been a fan of Fine Gardening for well over a decade now, and I’m very excited to finally submit a shot of my garden for your Garden Photo of…
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Kitchen Gardening
Sow Happy Together
There’s an art and science to playing matchmaker in the garden. Here are ways to create plant partners to save garden space, control insect pests and encourage healthy gardens.
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Article
What is Sustainable Gardening?
“Sustainable gardening” is a cool term if I've ever heard one. It sounds edgy in an incredibly responsible sort of way. In suburban farmer (that would be me) speak it’s:…