Oh Deer! Deer Resistant Gardening Strategies with Karen McGrath, Landscape Designer

Let’s face it - I am all about habitat and environmentally friendly and responsible gardening. I am. I love birds, bees, butterflies and the like. But, let’s also face the fact that we live in deer country. And Oh Deer!…

Jennifer Jewell Hosts Special Garden Show

Spring is around the corner!

To help you get ready, on Monday, Feb. 15, from 8 - 9 p.m., I will host a special edition of Northstate Public Radio’s I-5 LIVE! specifically to discuss and answer questions about your spring vegetable/edible…

February 2010 in the Garden & Monthly Calendar of Regional Gardening Events

Wow – How about that rain and snow? And more is on the way. Which is wonderful for our plants, soils and watersheds, but when it comes in long stretches of gray days, it can play havoc with my mood…

Raising Expectations: Raised Bed Gardening with Denise Kelly & The Plant Barn

This epic wet weather in the North State over the past few weeks has me holed up and dreaming about my spring planting of seeds. I am working on expanding my raised beds for vegetables from the existing two to…

Simplicity: January in the Garden & The Monthly Calendar of Regional Gardening Events

What is January without resolutions? Getting to the far side of the holidays in and out of the garden often leaves me feeling overwhelmed, overdone and over the top. Perhaps this is why so many of my resolutions are variations…

Saving up From a Rainy Day: Rainwater Harvesting with Phyllis Clark-Kirkman, Redding

The (blessed) rains (and snows) have come again to the North State and my garden rain gauge has measured 4.2 inches of rain this month. My rain barrels are full to overflowing, and this harvest gives me a small but…

Queen of Winter Flowers: Camellias in the Garden with Jerry Mendon

Camellias - also known as the Queen of Winter Flowers because almost all varieties of the genus bloom from late fall through late spring - are for many gardeners synonymous with history, beauty and refinement. These flowering evergreen shrubs or…

Looking Up: Vertical Gardening with Eileen Barry of Wild Thyme Gifts & Gardens, Redding

Vertical gardening is any gardening that goes up and makes use of vertical space rather than using just the flat surface of the landscape. Vines growing up a nearby tree or ferns growing out of a rocky embankment are natural…

Gifts from the Garden & Monthly Calendar of Regional Gardening Events

I’m not much of a cook, not much of a seamstress, jewelry-maker, painter or musician. I’m a gardener and so when it comes to homemade gifts this time of year, I turn to the garden. Luckily, it’s not even essential…

The Seeker’s Garden: Walking in Peace - Labyrinths and the Chico Community Labyrinth Project

Marilynn Jennings is a woman on a journey - a journey with a mission to bring a public labyrinth to the North State. The Chico Community Labyrinth Project (CCLP) is a local initiative to build a permanent, centrally-located labyrinth at…