New Year’s Gardening Resolution 3: Water Plants and Trees Deeply. GardenZeus receives commissions for purchases made through links in this post. There is no additional cost to you. “How often and how much do plants and trees need to be watered?” is both one of the simplest and most-complex questions for gardeners. The simple answer is […]

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 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 […]

GardenZeus receives commissions for purchases made through links in this post. There is no additional cost to you. Have a gardener on your shopping list? Keep your feet warm and dry this winter with the ideal garden clog. Wear them in the rain. Clean them with a hose.  Easy to slip on and off. Available […]

GardenZeus receives commissions for purchases made through links in this post. There is no additional cost to you. There’s nothing quite like live plants to bring up the holiday spirit and please a gardener’s heart. Some potted holiday plants and trees can survive indoors or when planted outdoors for months to years or even decades […]

During our ongoing drought in California, rainfall has become almost as exciting as a small earthquake. Failed rain forecasts seem ever more common, sometimes with less rain than predicted or no rain actually arriving. After so many disappointments, when I actually hear rain falling, I usually drop everything to rush outside in a state of […]

by Ann Clary and C. Darren Butler GardenZeus receives commissions for purchases made through links in this post. Are you eyeing your fruit-laden pomegranate tree wondering when to harvest? Lucky you – that is, if you know how to time harvest when pomegranates are ripe but before critters get them! As pomegranates approach ripeness, consider […]

GardenZeus receives commissions for purchases made through links in this post. If you’ve never grown California native wildflowers, the California Color Flower Seed Mix from Botanical Interest is a perfect way to start. It provides an inexpensive, time-efficient, low-water-use, low-maintenance option for winter and spring color. It’s especially useful for mass planting, and for difficult […]

Above pictures burned native vegetation following wildfire   As I write this article, vast areas of California are engulfed in flames. Devastation from active California fires exceeds what can even reasonably be called tragedy. It is armageddon where the fires burn, as it was last year with fire elsewhere in California. Fire armageddon has become […]