Growing Cover Crops Farmers have long been sowing cover crops in their fields to promote healthy soil, and it’s time to bring this practice to home gardens! Cover crops are, quite simply, plants that you […]
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How to Prepare Your Garden for Fall
How to Prepare Your Garden For Fall I know I’m not the only one delighting in the first signs of fall in the air. Leaves on the ground are suddenly crisp and golden, the breeze […]
How to Grow Lettuce
How to Grow Lettuce in Sonoma County I was spoiled on growing lettuce in Santa Cruz, CA. Down there it’s lettuce country, people. The fog is no joke, and 80 degrees felt like a heat wave. We […]
How to Prevent Cucumber Beetles in Your Garden
The Battle of the Beetle: How to Prevent Cucumber Beetles in Your Garden I’m sure there was a time, somewhere deep in my suburban youth, when I wasn’t aware of the cucumber beetle. There must […]
How to Grow Cucumbers
How to Grow Your Own Cucumbers In the heat of these Sonoma County August days, when the lettuce and volunteers begin to wilt, our thoughts over at Petaluma Bounty drift toward a break in the […]