How to Grow Asparagus
Question: Three years ago we planted about 10 asparagus roots (crowns). They grew and we didn’t pick any asparagus sprouts (shoots). After they died back, I cut them back. The second year they ...
Category Archives: Urban Gardening
Artichokes
I live in West Hills and I’m wondering if artichokes will grow here and if they are started from seed or from plants. Where do you buy them? >Lou Peire, West Hills Once, in Woodland Hills, I sa...
From Roof Gardens to Alpine Strawberries
With rapid change all around us, techniques for growing crops could soon undergo radical transformation as well. Inflation in food prices is due not only to food shortages – brought on by popul...
Loren Zeldin’s Exotic Garden
On the surface, Loren Zeldin would seem to be an outstanding example of predictability. Fifty-five years old, he has lived in the same house in Reseda his entire life. He has held but one job since g...
Heaven Sent DG
One of the hottest trends in landscaping involves use of gravel, decomposed granite and river rock, in all sizes and colors, for use as walkways, for mulch or for covering unsightly tree roots, for s...
Companion Planting in a Vegetable Garden
The moment of truth has arrived for Valley gardeners, at least where spring planting is concerned. As days get warmer and longer, it becomes increasingly difficult for young plants to establish thems...
Perennial Tomatoes and Other Imports
For the last three years in Woodland Hills, hot peppers have been growing in virtual neglect without interruption on a plant that is now 4-1/2 feet tall. The peppers are orange, pointed like midget c...
How to Make a Compost Pile
The arrival of spring focuses the thoughts and the emotions of the gardener on emergence, rebirth and new growth. Even without the aid of flowers, it is possible to know that spring has arrived throu...
Starting a Vegetable Garden Indoors
If you want to grow vegetables this spring, now is an excellent time to start your project. You can begin by sprouting seeds in Styrofoam cups on your kitchen windowsill. Fill the cups with any sort ...
Start Tomatoes in Winter in Styrofoam Cups
Several horticultural inquiries received during the last month should be of general interest to readers of this column. Q: I grow tomatoes during the summer but really would like to grow them during ...
