Need to water your soil for the growing season? Here's a buying guide that will help you get the best drip irrigation system.

Oh, vegetable planting time! Tomatoes, cucumbers, pumpkin, basil and other delicious summer edibles can all be planted now. If you are building your first vegetable garden, here are some tips for ...

With a second year of below-normal rainfall, California is sliding into another drought cycle. Here in the north valley, total rainfall for the current Water Year (October 2020 through March 2021) ...

What: Garden columnist Susan Mulvihill will share the benefits of gardening in raised beds, the best materials to use, and the specifics on growing vegetables in them. When: 9 a.m. to noon March 16 ...

May is when spring comes to an end and summer begins. It’s time to celebrate beautiful gardens, anticipate summer fruits, pamper young vegetable plants, and just enjoy easy gardening weather. May is ...

Over the past few years, there has been a new trend in backyard gardening: raised beds. In particular, modular, coated-metal raised beds have become incredibly popular. And for many good reasons, as I ...

In early August 2020 I wrote about specially designed raised beds in the gardens of my neighbor Paula Barsamian and myself. Here is a follow-up report on those beds, which are giving us bounteous ...