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: Vegetable Gardens
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...
Artichokes: for food, foliage, and flowers
The other day, in an ordinary Woodland Hills front yard, I saw a forest of artichokes. Although no more than 3 or 4 feet high, some plants had expanded to 6 feet around and, with nothing else growing...
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...
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 ...
Kohlrabi
Q: I love kohlrabi. I use it in soups and enjoy it as a raw vegetable snack. Last year, I bought a six-pack container of seedlings and planted them in my front yard, where they grew to maturity. This...
Kids entertained with planting seeds
Spring is traditionally heralded as the best season for planting seeds, but autumn is an equally propitious moment for this activity.In fact, you can create a new garden – by starting plants fr...
Rodale, founder of organic gardening movement
Jerome Irving Rodale, zealous founder of the organic gardening movement, once made this prediction: “I’m going to live to be 100 unless I’m run down by a sugar-crazed taxi driver.&...