<t>Here in California my biggest winter problem is wet cold. Plants in the ground survive if they are fairly well drained.<br/> <br/> I put my potted plants in a 4 shelf plastic covered mini greenhouse and then I have to remember to water them because wet dry is as bad as wet cold!<br/> <br/> I plan...

<t>Summer is winding down, at least here in the northern hemisphere. What kind of gardening do you do in the winter? <br/> <br/> Do you live in an area where you have to "put the garden to bed" for the season? <br/> <br/> Can you actually grow things outdoors? <br/> <br/> Do you garden on your windo...

<t>Lunaverde wrote: Out here in the midst of the rural Santa Cruz Mountains...<br/> <br/> <br/> Waves at Lunaverde...<br/> <br/> I contacted Luna privately and it turns out we live within waving distance of each other! Well, there's a ridge and a lotta trees in the way, so we can't see into each oth...

<r>pattybug52 wrote: Mary-where in Calif are you? I am in Buena Park!<br/> I'm in the Santa Cruz mountains, south of San Francisco but north of you. <E>:)</E> <br/> <br/> We are just recovering from a hot spell that pretty much fried the garden. Just before the heat came on, we had the trees that we...

<t>Does anyone have any good garden hints?<br/> <br/> I'll start off with one. Save your used tea bags and place them over the drain holes in the bottom of your flower pots. It keeps the soil from spilling out and allows for drainage. Used coffee filters are also good for this if you aren't a tea dr...

<t>Hi all! I'm in what 's probably zone 8 in California. The zone maps show me in 9 or 10 but at 1200 ft elevation and with several killing frosts a year and snow every few years my plants don't think so! <br/> <br/> I like growing all sorts of stuff from seeds and cuttings. My avatar is Kentucky Ol...

My avatar (I hope it shows up!) is a bunch of petunias from my garden.

I hope to post in the garden area. Looks like it could use a little (organic) fertilizer!

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It works!

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