Hello Pat: I am a girl from everywhere east coast and west coast, who married a wonderful military man who has finally settled with her kids in San Diego, Eastlake to be specific. Ahhh. I am a newish organic veggie gardener, having gardened in the past in Virginia in 1990, Oregon from 1997-2000 and now […]

One of my friends, met on the train during my commute to work, suggested we check out a meeting of the San Diego Horticultural Society, which is held once a month at the Del Mar fairgrounds.  In my mind I pictured 20-30 local farmers and growers, sitting around talking about soil, and bugs and water issues, […]

You can see photos of my garden several places. There is a gallery of photos in patwelsh.com under the heading “Pat’s Pergola Paradise”. Also, many of the photos in my new organic book, are of my garden, such as the wisteria photo, the wildflower step-by-step pages, and all the veggie photos. Additionally, I used a […]

What a lovely letter. Thank you so much. I am thrilled to think I brought back to you in memory your Great Aunt Ethel and Grandmother Lila, who loved gardening here in our mild Mediterranean climate that really does extend, as you pointed out, from San Francisco on down the coast and inland to the […]