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How to Create Beautiful Pots and Planters for your Garden, Porch or Deck. These planters are always a great way to bring life close to home. Vertical gardening and planters are fun and fresh way to bridge your garden to your front door. The trick is in the choosing, here are some tips to get…

We certainly are blessed living in a fair climate that can support growing nearly year round. Many garden crops do well in coastal Northern California during the winter months, but most need to be planted while it is still October, so that they germinate well and size up before it gets cold. There are several…

The thought of deer grazing in a field can be a peaceful and calming mental image. Unfortunately, this image is quickly overshadowed when this fauna starts eating your flora…it’s Bambi the costly destructive destroyer, the bain of homeowners and growers. So how do we keep Bambi the destroyer from dining on your bay area landscape?…

As many of my clients know, I support local businesses and advocate community connections through my landscaping business. I found a great website I wanted to share that might be inspiring for anyone looking for gardening events and activities in Marin. One event that caught my eye was a recent veggie exchange. What a great…

A popular and cool trend is emerging from people’s gardens – gleaning! As defined by Wikipedia, Gleaning is the act of collecting leftover crops from farmers’ fields after they have been commercially harvested or on fields where it is not economically profitable to harvest. Yep all that fruit that rots on your lawn or patio…

Happy New Year everyone! Here is a copy of an article I read recently in the San Francisco Chronicle that I though I’d share… January and February can be cruel to the garden. They’re the rainiest and coldest months. Protective gardeners watch out for the cold clear nights that signal frost damage to tender plants…

I don’t know about you but I was expecting a little more precipitation this week! Where’s the rain? As many of my clients know, planting a drought resistent and bay friendly landscape is not only beautiful and requires little maintenance but it also will save you buckets of cash on water bills! It’s no secret…

I found this great write-up on gardenbetter.com regarding winter pruning that I wanted to share with everyone. There is certainly a right and wrong way to handle pruning your garden in the winter for optimal growth in the spring. Check it out and if you have questions regarding your garden’s pruning needs, you know where…

For Your Gardens’ Winter Needs It’s getting chilly and we smell the burning embers of last night’s fire when we show up early for work. Fall feels good and it’s time to get your garden ready for winter. Of course, I’m sure we will probably get a heat wave between now and ski season, but…

Having just ate the fruits of my labor, which happen to be more blueberries than I can handle, I wanted to share a good article I found at examiner.com. Lately I get a lot of requests for edible gardens so I thought I would share this with everyone! If you have questions about how I…