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New Year’s Resolution: Compost More Waste

December 31, 2018 Down and Dirty Southern California Gardening / The Mighty Garden Archive By: C. Darren Butler

New Year’s Gardening Resolution 2: Compost More Household and Garden Waste. GardenZeus receives commissions for purchases made through links in this post. There is no additional cost to you. All life on Earth is made of the same building blocks, the organic elements. These include carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and many more that are recognizable to […]

New Year’s Resolution: Focus on Soil, Not Plants

December 28, 2018 Down and Dirty Southern California Gardening / The Mighty Garden Archive By: C. Darren Butler

New Year’s Gardening Resolution 1: Focus on soil, not plants. Everything that gardening experts, books, and if you’re lucky enough to have one, a gardening parent or grandparent, have told you that you need to do for plants, you actually need to do for soil. Are you worried about watering your plants? Shift your worry […]

The Road Less Traveled: Vegetable Juice Enthusiast to Gardener

October 13, 2017 Down and Dirty Southern California Gardening / Organic Gardening: Vegetables / The Mighty Garden Archive By: Ann Clary

Vegetable juice enthusiasts may be interested in beets primarily for their leaves, which for some are a staple for fresh, raw vegetable juicing. GardenZeus expert Darren Butler observes that there are many paths to becoming a gardener, and he believes that it is merely a hop, skip, and a jump from being a veggie juicer […]

Down and Dirty 16: Remove Chlorine When Watering Organic Gardens (Chlorinated Water, Part 2 of 3)

August 13, 2017 Down and Dirty Southern California Gardening / The Mighty Garden Archive By: C. Darren Butler

GardenZeus receives commissions for purchases made through links in this post. There is no additional cost to you. Down and Dirty Southern California Gardening A weekly GardenZeus article series to help gardeners succeed in Southern California’s unique climates and growing conditions. Post 16: Remove Chlorine When Watering Organic Gardens (Chlorinated Water, Part 2 of 3) […]

Chlorine, Soil, and Watering Gardens

August 6, 2017 Down and Dirty Southern California Gardening / The Mighty Garden Archive By: C. Darren Butler

GardenZeus receives commissions for purchases made through links in this post. There is no additional cost to you. Down and Dirty Southern California Gardening A weekly GardenZeus article series to help gardeners succeed in Southern California’s unique climates and growing conditions. This is the first of two articles dealing with watering gardens in urban landscapes. […]

Down and Dirty 14: “Summerer” in Southern California’s Coastal Areas (Summerer Part 3)

July 30, 2017 Down and Dirty Southern California Gardening / The Mighty Garden Archive By: C. Darren Butler

Down and Dirty Southern California Gardening A weekly GardenZeus article series to help gardeners succeed in Southern California’s unique climates and growing conditions. Post 14: “Summerer” in Southern California’s Coastal Areas (Summerer Part 3) “Summerer” is what I call the extended period of warmer weather in Southern California that often occurs from August through October. […]

Down and Dirty 13: Tips for “Summerer” Gardening In Hot Southern-California Areas (Summerer Part 2)

July 23, 2017 Down and Dirty Southern California Gardening / The Mighty Garden Archive By: C. Darren Butler

Down and Dirty Southern California Gardening A weekly GardenZeus article series to help gardeners succeed in Southern California’s unique climates and growing conditions. Post 13: Tips for “Summerer” Gardening In Hot Southern-California Areas (Summerer Part 2) The high heat of late summer to early fall is normally the quietest part of the year for gardening […]

Down and Dirty 12: Summer and “Summerer” (Summerer Part 1)

July 16, 2017 Down and Dirty Southern California Gardening / The Mighty Garden Archive By: C. Darren Butler

Down and Dirty Southern California Gardening A weekly GardenZeus article series to help gardeners succeed in Southern California’s unique climates and growing conditions. Post 12: Summer and “Summerer:” The 5th Season for Gardening in Southern California (Summerer Part 1) In Southern California we have five seasons for gardening: the same four that everyone knows, and […]

Down and Dirty 11: Nontoxic Habitat Traps for Earwigs

July 8, 2017 Down and Dirty Southern California Gardening / Stop Bugging Me: Organic Solutions for Insect Pests / The Mighty Garden Archive By: C. Darren Butler

Down and Dirty Southern California Gardening A weekly GardenZeus article series to help gardeners succeed in Southern California’s unique climates and growing conditions. Post 11: Nontoxic Habitat Traps for Earwigs Did you know? Earwig pincher appendages at their rear-ends are more curved in male earwigs, and more straight in female earwigs. European earwigs provide an […]

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