In the midst of this hottest summer, I take solace in making iced tea from the herbs in my garden every morning. This approach can be done using the sun tea method, putting herbs in a glass jar outside in the sun for part of the day, then refrigerating.
Took a detour to Woodland to check out the Mezger Family Zinnia Patch- a free to pick flower patch where all they ask in return is that you pick extra flowers to deliver to folks that cannot make it out themselves! Remember part of the magic of zinnias is that cutting their flowers promotes more fut...
In 2012, Delta Elementary Charter School (DECS) teachers and the Administration in Clarksburg decided to write a grant to use the money to create a learning garden dedicated to a past principal, Don Fenocchio.
In conjunction with Davis Farm to School, I have been developing a partnership, as a Master Gardener, withGanHaverim Preschool in Davis. It began with a teacher workshop in early June, at which we planned the preschool summer garden.
When I first bought my home in central Woodland six years ago, there wasn't much in the yard to interest dragons: a mature orange tree that produced amazingly delicious navel oranges in the winter, a human-planted valley oak on the street out front, and squirrel-planted valley oak too close to my ne...
