Marsh plants like reeds, water hyacinth, iris and duckweed are not only beautiful, they can also help conserve and treat gray water.
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Rethinking radishes
04.13.2009 – 5:39
By Barbara Damrosch, published Thursday, April 7, 2009 in The Washington Post Crisp, crunchy, tangy, zippy, zesty, snappy, peppy, pungent, piquant and sparkly. These are some of the adjectives that the United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association, in a 1977…
The Dirt on Growing your Own
04.07.2009 – 22:19
Edible landscapes are everywhere it seems rights now: from the front lawn of the White House to the display gardens of slick design magazines. Each spring seed catalogs highlight new colorful varieties of tomato and pepper to add splashes of vibrant color to the vegetable beds.
But all this glossy marketing has a real basis in [...]
Mulching vs. Lawns at the Arboretum
03.29.2009 – 19:15
For many years mulching practices at the Arboretum were carried on only to a limited extent. One reason was that since the Arboretum is adjacent to the Santa Anita Race Track, a great number of residents in the immediate area have always been conscious of flies and have related any kind of mulching and composting with fly infestation. Many times in the past, the Arboretum has been able to obtain manure as well as bedding material from race tracks, yet, despite thorough inspections by the County Health Department, the fly problem has been erroneously blamed on the Arboretum.
Some Outstanding Shade Trees for Southern California
03.29.2009 – 19:06
Southern California gardeners are fortunate in having a wide variety of trees available to them. Making a choice in this situation is sometimes difficult. Aside from such horticultural considerations as location, soil, and exposure there is the attitude of the person making the selection, perhaps the most important consideration of all.
