by californiagardening | May 12, 2018 | Flora Series, Flower |
Growing Sundance Crossandra & Firecracker Plant In today’s video, we look at how to grow the Crossandra Plant. We look at two plant varieties – the Sundance Crossandra which produces orange flowers and the Firecracker plant which produces red flowers....
by californiagardening | Apr 13, 2018 | Garden How-Tos, Insect Control, pest control, Vegetable Gardening |
In today’s blog post, we look at some commonly found garden insects that are actually very beneficial for your garden So let?s meet some of these friends that you would love to have in your garden Honey bees Honey bees play a very important role in pollinating a...
by californiagardening | Jul 9, 2013 | Garden How-Tos, Insect Control, pest control, Vegetable Gardening |
Well, we all dream of a beautiful vegetable garden, full of fresh vegetables, rich and healthy, without poisonous chemicals sprayed on them. But most of us eventually realize that reality is all those slugs, pests, insects, worms, caterpillars destroying your plants....
by californiagardening | Jun 22, 2013 | Fruit, Vegetable Gardening |
The banana plant is one of the most amazing plants. Did you know that almost every part of the banana plant has a purpose? Banana Leaves Banana leaves are used as plates. This is as organic as it gets and some say the medicinal properties of the banana leaf enters...
by californiagardening | Jul 17, 2012 | Garden How-Tos, Vegetable Gardening |
Its a lovely on-going summer here in Irvine in Southern California. Some of our containers had to be replaced, so we got down to work! We wanted to try out the newer self watering containers which claim to conserve upto 80% of the water needed for containers (which is...