George Patton, no relation to the general, is part of an army of a few select individuals who do combat on behalf of organic gardening throughout Los Angeles. A resident of Sherman Oaks, Patton’...
Recently, someone asked me about a grapevine, planted three years ago, that has yet to produce fruit. ”What’s the problem?” our would-be vintner asked in a combative voice. If this ...
Gardeners may easily become obsessed with fertilization. Psychologists would explain this phenomenon as an example of projection. Just as we are constantly preoccupied with feeding ourselves, we tend...
In Southern California, February is the month to fertilize the garden. This is the month when we get most of our rain. Rain causes fertilizer to dissolve into the soil evenly and effortlessly. Our sp...
In our city, one of the reasons people create gardens or buy houses with back yards is to stake out a quiet retreat from the noisy world around them. Some might argue that this is an absurd idea, tha...
No area of horticulture is wrapped in a greater mystery or filled with more confusion and misinformation than fertilization. Some people are fairly obsessed with the idea of “feeding their plan...
No area of horticulture is wrapped in a greater mystery or filled with more confusion and misinformation than fertilization. Some people are fairly obsessed with the idea of “feeding their plan...