Gardening Articles

General Gardening

Amy Stewart: Award-winning Humboldt County Horticultural Writer
Asian Beauty at Paeonia
Autumn Glow - a Photo Essay
Bark is Beautiful
Bark is Art
Bees at Sonoma Garden Park
Bulbs for Sonoma County
Christmas Tree Choices
Composting on a Grand Scale--the Details
Constructing a Raised Bed
Container Gardening
Drip Irrigation Basics
Drip Irrigation--Installation and Maintenance
Drip Irrigation--Intermediate
Drought Fighting Tools
Firesafe Gardening and Landscaping
Grass Removal Methods
Gardening with Critters
Habit of Habitat
Hardscape
Houseplants--African Violets
How to Have an Attractive Garden and Have Time to Enjoy it too!
How to Remove your Lawn
Hummingbirds
Insectaries and IPM at Benziger Winery
Interview with Phil Van Soelen and Sherrie Althouse-CalFlora Nursery
Landscape Design to Minimize Runoff
Lawn Alternatives Table
Measuring Soil Moisture by Look and Feel
Mulch--a Gardener's Best Friend
Natives Now!
Offbeat Garden Tools
Plant Natives in 2008
Quarryhill Botanical Garden
Why Plant Natives
Planting Around Oak Trees
Preparing for Extraordinary Drought
Pruning Ornamental Grasses
Quarryhill Botanical Garden
RAIN GARDENS: Practical and Beautiful
Seeding Annuals for Early Bloom
Scion Wood for Grafting
Sonoma Compost--Garbage into Gold
Sonoma Home Orchards
Sonoma Microclimates
Succulents: The Camels of the Plant World
Vertical Gardens
Very Drought Tolerant Plants
Water Gardens
Water-Wise Lawn Alternatives
Wine Country Wreaths
Winter Bloomers Show their Stuff

Further MG Articles
Beneficial Insect Attracting Plants
Butterfly Larval Plants
Calculating Drip Irrigation Schedules
Care of Native Plants
Choosing Vegetable Varieties
Compost in a Hurry
Composting Tips
Composting-general
Controlling Damping Off Diseases
Dahlia Care and Culture
Deer Resistant Plants
Designing with Foliar Color
Gardening for Beneficial Insects
Gardening in Raised Beds and Containers
Gardening on a Hillside
Growing Native Plants
Growing Salad Greens
Growing Tomatoes
Growing Vegetables
How to Build a Rain Garden
Hummingbird Nectar Sources
Lawn Care and Maintenance
Native Plant Sources
Plan to Avoid Garden Problems
Plants Suitable for a Rain Garden
Plants Under Oak Trees
Poisonous Plants
Rainwater Harvesting in the Garden
Rapid Compost Method
Sappy Bark
Sonoma Superstars Brochure (pdf)
The Compost Pile
Using Solar in the Garden
Vegetable Planting Summary
Vegetable Seed Sources
Vertical Garden Instructions
Worm Composting

Garden Design

Blue Grasses
One Gardener's Adventure Building a Habitat Garden
Building a Habitat Garden - Part II
Creating Garden Moods
Designing with Foliar Color
English Cottage Gardens
Form and Foliage
From Thirsty East Coast to Thrifty West Coast Garden
Gardening on a Slope
Gardening on a Hillside
Mediterranean Gardening
Outdoor Living
One Gardener's Adventure Building a Habitat Garden
Ornamental Grasses as Lawn Alternatives
Silver and Grays in the Garden
The Challenge of Garden Size
The Joy of Foliage
The Plant Collector’s Garden: Creating Harmony from Havoc
Xeriscape

Food Gardening

Fall and Winter Garden
Growing Vegetables from Seed
Heirloom Pumpkins
Hydroponic Vegetable Gardening
Olives and Olive Oil
Planning the Fall and Winter Vegetable Garden
Planting Bare-root Fruit Trees
Raised Bed Vegetable Gardening
Seed Saving
Succession Gardening
Vertical Herb Garden

As Seen Around Sonoma

Will the real Amaryllis please stand up?
Are you Gaga for Ginkgos?
Springing into Bloom
Everlasting Redwoods
Socrates in Sonoma
End of Summer Perfection - Crape Myrtles
Pumpkin patches

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