We’ve got a persimmon problem in Sonoma County. Come fall, it seems like any gathering you attend, any street corner you pass holds a huge basket of golden orange persimmons with a sign saying ‘Eat […]
Category: Gardening How To
Blueberries: Grow Your Own
I grew up canoeing in the wilds of Maine and Quebec every summer, and developed an early addiction to wild blueberries. We would paddle from island to island where high-bush berries hung heavy from rock […]
Seeds: How To Save Your Own
It’s that time of year when we’re all reflecting on our gardens from the summer, and beginning to dream and even plan for next year. As we pull out half-dead tomato vines, prickly cucumber plants […]
Grow Your Own Microgreens – kale, choy, lettuce, cabbage and more
Microgreens are a trend that’s sticking around, and for good reasons. They’re delicious and insanely refreshing, highly nutritious, and easy to grow almost year-round. We grew some at Petaluma Bounty to include in our CSA […]
Top 3 Perennials for Sonoma County
If you guys are like me, you started your gardening career with a focus on annual crops. Tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, even zinnias and snapdragons – their short life span makes them easy and approachable things […]
Best Way to Grow Annual Spring Flowers
Spring flowers are some of the most exquisite garden additions: fragrant sweet peas exploding over a fence, snow-white anemones with nautical blue button eyes, swollen green poppy pods and fresh greens. Spring, however, always feels […]
Top Garden Pests Eating Your Plants
It’s time to get up close and personal with the top garden pests eating our plants. During late summer I usually start to notice that some plants aren’t thriving, but I fail to get to the […]
Growing Dry Beans in Sonoma County
4 Easy Steps to Growing Dry Beans in Sonoma County Happy middle of summer, my gardening friends! If you’re like me, your gardens are bursting with crops by this point. Flowers, summer squash, beans, tomatoes, […]
Growing Your Own Dahlias
Grab N’ Grow’s Guide to Growing Dahlias Do you remember when you fell in love with growing dahlias? I have to say, there was a time when I just didn’t get it. Perhaps it was […]
How To Grow Kale in 4 Easy Steps
It’s Easier Than You Think to Grow Kale in Sonoma. In our climate, there are some spectacular crops that you can grow almost all year round. Kale is one of my favorites from that list. […]
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