by Darren Butler with Ann Clary What to do after putting away holiday decorations? For avid California gardeners, January is the time for planning your winter or spring garden and ordering seeds. Seed availability and turnaround time for orders is usually best early in the year, in January through early February, before the national seed-ordering […]

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At no cost to you, GardenZeus receives commissions for purchases made through links in this post. To extend your harvest and avoid bolting, stressed plants, and/or reduced yields from vegetables during hot weather, you may wish to install shadecloth over your plants to protect them during afternoon heat, or be creative in finding mobile and […]