Gardening Question From Lynne: Can I plant bougainvillea on a steep hillside and use it for ground cover rather than having it climb a wall or fence? We have a steep embankment by our driveway and I’d like to plant some and just have it cover the embankment rather than regular ground cover. But from […]
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Categories : Flowers, Garden Q & A
Raised Garden Question From Gloria: My gardener built a raised garden and put non organic plants in. I informed him about this and obviously he doesn’t understand. Should I remove the herbs and lettuce and replace with organic plants or just wash the leaves carefully and replant later? Answer From Pat: Your question regarding “organic […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Organic Gardening
From Dave: A thank you note for writing a succinct description of the California drought to deluge precipitation environment in one of your early books I found in my mother’s gardening library. As the drought continued and my neighbors replaced their yards with AstroTurf, gravel and desert plants, we held the course. Implemented grey water […]
Categories : California Natives, Garden Q & A
Anti Fungus Medicine To Treat Aspergilliosis
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Monday,
August
8th,
2016
at 08:32 AM
Gardening Question From Ann: Could I ask you about the medicine you talked about in a reply to another question regarding apergilliosis in compost dust. I have chronic hypersensitivity Pnuemonitus aggreivated by aspergilligus in the environment. I contracted this through working as an interior landscaper for 11 years working daily with large amounts of compost […]
Categories : Garden Q & A
Gardening Question From Bill and Anita: Does your 3rd edition reflect the changing climate growing seasons. I have your older book (2000), and I love the month by month guides. We mostly have vegetables, fruit trees, are try to get a cutting flower garden growing. We are in San Diego Zone 10A (according to nursery). […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Pat's Journal
Gardening Question From Brad: We have some goathead but also another plant that looks very similiar. The diff is that this plant does not thorn and it has pink/purple flowers rather than yellow. It’s leaves are fern like and finer. It branches out like goathead does. When young it is quite pretty but with age […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Weeds
Why Are So Many Tropical Leaves Colorful
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Wednesday,
April
13th,
2016
at 02:12 PM
Gardening Question from Piper: We were vacationing in Maui, which as you know, is quite lush. While I didn’t make it to the Iao Valley (apparently the 2nd rainiest place on earth), I was able to enjoy the foliage in and around our hotel. I was struck by the color and pattern in the leaves […]
Categories : Garden Q & A
Question from Brigitte: Got a Koi Bamboo, the ants are farming the aphids (black) and living in the soil. How can I get rid of the ants without killing them, and try and take care of the pest? Live in a mostly wooden apartment building that has termites, and believe the ants are using their […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Lawns & Grass
Question from Heather: I live near the coast. When is the best time to prune back lavendar? I did it a few months back, but not aggressively. Now they are even larger, too big in fact. Answer from Pat: Prune lavendar as soon as the main blossom season has finished. Lavendar needs full sun. Otherwise […]
Question from Chad: I am just installed a raised 13 1/2 foot by 5 1/2 foot veggie bed in mu back yard that will get great amounts of south facing sun. I have filled the bed with good quality organic soil. I am using a soaker hose that is hooked into the irrigation timer. I […]
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