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The Beauty of Variegation, with Terry Miller of TJ’s Nursery & Gifts in Chico

Variegation is an interesting thing in a plant. And gardeners’ responses to variegation are almost as interesting. Some people love it. Some people hate it. My Aunt Bettina once said to me, “Enjoying variegation comes with age.” And she may have been right, for while I am still not a total fan of all variegation, some of it absolutely stops me in my gardening tracks.

Did You Say Tropical? Anything-But-Timid Tropical Plants for the North State Garden

“So it might be about testosterone,” Chris Hunter says to me - only half-laughing - about his affection for tropical plants. “Tropical plants just get so huge with even one year of growth - they’re amazing! And those leaves…” he…

Flowers for the Table: Working with Garden Flowers for Home Arrangements, with Award-winning Floral Designer Gerry Gregg, AIFD

Fresh-cut flowers from the garden are arguably one of the garden’s greatest joys. They are lovely, luxurious and all-in-all economical. I am a cut-whatever’s-blooming-put-it-in-a-vase kind of person, and when they are available, I like to put little vases anywhere I…

Gardening as Social & Political Action: Chico Organic Gardening Classes - David Grau, Founder

David Grau is a gardener; he is also an avid supporter of sustainability, community and local food production. He has worn many hats – gardening hats and otherwise – in his life. In the late 70s and 80s, he was…

The Beauty of Variegation: Talking to Terry Miller, TJ’s Nursery & Gifts, Chico

Variegation is an interesting thing in a plant. And gardeners’ responses to variegation are almost as interesting. Some people love it. Some people hate it. Some people like striped variegation; others love splotchy variegation; still others like multicolored variegations. My…

The Skinny Singers

I was riding a girl’s cruiser bike along 2nd Street in Chico when I saw Jackie Greene. He looked so hip in his dark pants with his dark hair slipping out from beneath his white porkpie hat. On his arm…