This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Planting season in Southern California is rarely busier than midwinter, ...

A common gardening worry – especially when choosing plants – is pot plants becoming root bound. But Millie explains that this is not a problem with every type of plant. You can feel when a plant’s ...

Check out this simple trick to prevent irregular growth and root suffocation due to an all-too-common issue in the garden—root-bound plants. This problem has a simple solution that lies in prevention, ...

Here's all you really need to know about us. Three years after moving into our new home and after pulling out countless berry vines and installing countless sprinklers and spending countless hours of ...

WELL, IT APPEARS the rainy fall weather has arrived, which is a good thing. As is seeing snow up in the mountains.

Simple 1′ x 2′ air prune beds. Have you ever thought about starting plants for your own food forest, or growing trees and shrubs with the intention to plant them out somewhere else? Have you ever ...

SINCE JANUARY IS almost over, and it starts the year off with that extra 31st day, how about I sneak in one more “extra” article about pruning? I do this in response to a client who was asking about ...

This is the time of year when many new plants are added to the yard, and proper establishment is the goal. Choosing the right plant for the right place is the first step, but this article will be all ...

Q: I have a couple of Kimberly ferns in pots that are quite large and quite root-bound. I have tried getting such ferns out of pots before, and it was very difficult! I ended up throwing the whole ...

QFor about eight years we enjoyed a lovely Aleppo pine on my hillside yard. This tree was purchased in a large box and was quite mature when we brought it in and it flourished for many years. We have ...