Much of California has a dry Mediterranean climate with mild, rainy winters and warm-to-hot dry summers, often with little or no rain from spring to fall or winter.

Even if you can’t get to your local garden center, you have several items in your kitchen you can use to improve your soil. Here are five: Crushed Eggshells  Those of us who cook, and a lot more of us are cooking at home these days, inevitably wind up with plenty of eggshells from morning […]

GardenZeus receives commissions for purchases made through links in this post. There is no additional cost to you. Can you save the seeds from the vegetables you purchased from the grocery store or farmer’s market and use them to grow your summer vegetable crop? Probably not. Most vegetables purchased at the grocery store are hybrids, […]

Citrus trees are an excellent source of Vitamin C. Most citrus trees grow well in the Mediterranean climates of coastal California. And spring, after all possibility of frost has past and before the heat of the summer, is an ideal time for planting. Planting. Proper planting of fruit trees is critical to their long-term health […]

How challenging is it to succeed with a new garden? Harder than you might expect even for experienced gardeners, but problems are solvable.

If you haven’t felt it yet, undoubtedly you will at some point in the coming weeks and months: frustration, weariness, or the numbness that follows prolonged stress. When faced with perpetual uncertainty during the Coronavirus pandemic, with many options for relaxation and fun curtailed or unavailable, gardening may be one of the very best candidates […]

How much does gardening knowledge apply to tree care? Some basics are the same, but other aspects are different from what herbaceous perennials and smaller ornamentals need in urban landscapes. Here are tips about some of the most-common tree issues and questions that I see in my professional work as a consulting arborist: How deep […]

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GardenZeus receives commissions for purchases made through links in this post. There is no additional cost to you. In comparison to the vibrant color of many indoor holiday plants, the white or white-yellow blooms of Paperwhites (Narcissus species) might seem plain, but when planted closely in pots to provide massed bloom, they provide a stunning […]