Confession: Ryan and I attended the San Diego Succulent & Cactus Show & Sale, but we ended up completely missing the show. Why? Because we were busy buying every succulent in sight. We were not alone. Up and down the ten or so aisles under a dedicated tent in Balboa Park,...
Happy Solstice, Earthlings! Today is the first full day of summer, and the temps in our area have gotten the memo, with La Jolla reaching the 80s and Los Angeles sizzling up to 107 degrees Fahrenheit. Blazing hot like the solstitial sun is the aptly named Solandra maxima....
Gardening guides that are both comprehensive and portable — soup-to-nuts minus the Googling around — can be hard to come by. That's why we're holding on tight to Green Side Up, the new magazine from Meredith geared to gardeners starting out. Whether you're tending a balcony, rambling yard or a...
Lately we've been shooting less with our big camera and more with our smartphones. I've even recently photographed entire blog posts without breaking out the DSLR — something I wouldn't have dreamed of even two years ago. Today, the rear camera on the iPhone 6s shoots...
What's everyone up to this Memorial Day weekend? Right now we're prepping for our vertical gardening demo in LA (happening on Saturday — come! Here are the details) followed by QT with our friends and enjoying our SoCal surroundings. On that note, we'd like to...
For all the planning it involves, gardening is filled with blink-and-you'll-miss-it moments. Like short-lived blossoms and butterfly fly-bys. A Venus flytrap chomping on a housefly. Sometimes you just want to gush off the cuff about the taste of a fresh-grown radish to whoever happens to be listening. Which...
My mom is an artist, a grandmother, an insurance agent and a gardener. I've always appreciated my mom for all her talents and enthusiasms, but it has only been over the past six years (since I've taken a more profound interest in plants) that I've...
Earlier this month, we spent a day guiding ourselves around home gardens all over L.A.'s Eastside and San Fernando Valley. They varied in size, design and mood, but here's what united them: All the gardens primarily grew native plants—flora indigenous to this region. Yes, it...
If you're in the Northern Hemisphere, chances are spring is making itself known in all its bold, sneaky, fragrant ways. Your lilacs are jamming. The daylilies are on deck. You can almost taste the tomatoes! But...
This post contains affiliate links, which means we receive a small commission from purchases on the products we recommend below. Thanks for helping us grow! Movie night under the stars — in our own garden — is one of our favorite luxuries. The tips of our...
