Raised Bed Vegetable Gardening for Beginners

Riding out the pandemic changed my relationship with the environment and food. I’m cooking more and spending lots of time in my yard! Having a continuously productive fruit and vegetable garden makes me feel powerfully self-sufficient. Here’s how I built...

It Starts With a Seed: My New Year’s Gardening Resolutions

Gardening, even in temperate Southern California, is guided by the calendar. Each seasonal phase brings the promise of new beginnings and the letting go of past glories. The transition from 2020 to 2021 feels like a jail sentence drawing to an end, a culmination, a...