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A Holiday Kiss Under the…Tree-Killing Parasite?: Mistletoe for The California Holidays, Part 2 of 3
You may know mistletoe as a holiday decoration or a romantic accomplice; but what you don’t know about mistletoe might result in the decline or even death of your landscape trees. Mistletoe has been a traditional and popular symbol of Christmas for centuries, but its use as a holiday symbol long predates Christianity. Exact origins […]
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A Holiday Kiss Under the…Holly?: Mistletoe for The California Holidays, Part 1 of 3
A holiday kiss under the mistletoe may be just the thing if you’re hoping for luck in love, a peaceful new year, or merely a second date, at least if you’re willing to rely on age-old folklore and legends. But be careful! If you want that kiss to be effective, make it happen under mistletoe, […]
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Glorious Chrysanthemums: Caring for Potted Florist Mums
Florist chrysanthemums in gloriously beautiful and varied colors and flower forms often appear en masse for sale in autumn, and for holiday decoration such as for Easter and Thanksgiving. Mums are commonly sold as houseplants and as gift flowers year-round everywhere from garden centers and grocery markets to farmers markets and roadside stands in mild-climate […]
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Grow Your Own Thanksgiving
September 16, 2017
Holiday and Seasonal
/ Organic Gardening: Vegetables
/ The Mighty Garden Archive
By: Ann Clary
How better to celebrate Thanksgiving than with fresh food that you have grown yourself? In early fall, as gardeners in cold-winter areas throughout the United States are bringing in last harvests and winding down before winter, a special planting window opens in Southern California and other Mediterranean-climate California areas. From late summer onward in coastal […]
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Grow Your Own Thanksgiving in GardenZeus Zone 15
September 16, 2017
GardenZeus Southern California
/ Holiday and Seasonal
/ Organic Gardening: Vegetables
/ The Mighty Garden Archive
By: Ann Clary
Below is a chart showing describing the plants and timing to grow your own thanksgiving in your area. Please note that the varieties make a difference; the selected varieties have a time to harvest that works in the growing window. Click on the plant for complete growing instructions for that plant. Click on the plant […]
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Grow Your Own Thanksgiving in GardenZeus Zone 14
September 16, 2017
GardenZeus Southern California
/ Holiday and Seasonal
/ Organic Gardening: Vegetables
/ The Mighty Garden Archive
By: Ann Clary
Below is a chart showing describing the plants and timing to grow your own thanksgiving in your area. Please note that the varieties make a difference; the selected varieties have a time to harvest that works in the growing window. Click on the plant for complete growing instructions for that plant. Click on the plant […]
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Grow Your Own Thanksgiving in GardenZeus Zone 13
September 16, 2017
GardenZeus Southern California
/ Holiday and Seasonal
/ Organic Gardening: Vegetables
/ The Mighty Garden Archive
By: Ann Clary
Below is a chart showing describing the plants and timing to grow your own thanksgiving in your area. Please note that the varieties make a difference; the selected varieties have a time to harvest that works in the growing window. Click on the plant for complete growing instructions for that plant. Click on the plant […]
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Grow Your Own Thanksgiving in GardenZeus Zone 12
September 16, 2017
GardenZeus Southern California
/ Holiday and Seasonal
/ Organic Gardening: Vegetables
/ The Mighty Garden Archive
By: Ann Clary
Below is a chart showing describing the plants and timing to grow your own thanksgiving in your area. Please note that the varieties make a difference; the selected varieties have a time to harvest that works in the growing window. Click on the plant for complete growing instructions for that plant. Click on the plant […]
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Timing for Growing Halloween Pumpkins in Hot-Summer California Areas
May 26, 2017
GardenZeus Southern California
/ Holiday and Seasonal
/ Organic Gardening: Vegetables
/ The Mighty Garden Archive
By: C. Darren Butler
Pumpkins grow and produce best at daytime temperatures of about 65° to 75°F, and while many varieties tolerate heat, growth and fruiting may be diminished at temperatures above 85°F. This creates a conundrum for California gardeners in hot-summer areas who want to grow pumpkins for Halloween. With many California areas having highs above 100°F and some […]
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