Southern California Gardening

Fall is the season to harvest what we have planted. If you have a bumper harvest of fruits from your tree, they can be cooked and preser...

The best time to plant bulbs is spring and fall. It is September and it is time to get ready to plant bulbs. It is best to plant in the ...

Bulbs come in endless variety which makes them perfect for any type of garden. Varieties include corms, rhizomes and tubers. Corms a...

Almost 2 months after the first post about my grapes, some of the fruit of my grape vine is already ripe. The grape is red in color and very...

Tomatoes are the most common garden fruits in the United States and have the reputation of out-producing the needs of the gardener. Most c...

Fresh herbs can be very pricey and they don’t last long even when refrigerated. Anybody can have fresh herbs all the time; you don’t hav...

The climate of Southern California has long been recognized as ideal for growing grapes for making wines and for the table. Mists in the m...

Banana plants are often mistaken to be trees but they are not. Bananas are the largest herbaceous flowering plant. They can grow as tall ...