In the Garden Articles
In her popular “In the Garden” feature stories, Joan provides practical advice on all aspects of designing, planting and caring for home gardens throughout Santa Barbara County.
An avowed plant nut, she follows the seasons as she shares her observations, experiences, tips and hands-on techniques.
Here are recent articles:
- Mesclun: Grow Your Own Designer Greens
- Fall Planting: Burgundy Foliage
- Vegetables for Your Winter Garden
- Planting Beneath Oaks & Other Shady Places
- Barbarians at the Gate: Spiny Succulents
- South African Bulbs
- Amaryllis: Our Beloved Naked Ladies
- Those Blasted Weeds
- Garden Retreats and Back Yard Escapes
- Summer Rose Care
- Jacaranda Trees
- Variegated Leaves
- Deer in the Garden
- Create a Cutting Garden
- Beguiling Begonias
- Planting Your Summer Vegetable Garden
- San Francisco Flower and Garden Show
- Flowering Vines
- Spring-Flowering Trees
- Creating a Romantic Garden
- Bare-Root Fruit Trees
- Best Roses for 2008
- Attracting Birds to the Garden
- Great Garden Books
- Poinsettias
- The Beauty of Coral Bells and Heucheras
- Fall Color
- Fall Planting: Sweet Garden Peas
- Fall Planting: Small Evergreen Trees
- Fall Planting: Great Natives
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