What's your favorite tomato variety? I've been asked that many, many times. How to choose one?!  There are many things to consider when selecting a tomato variety for your veggie garden: size, color, … [Read more...]

We've all seen bad pruning jobs: the hedge with the big bare spot; the shrub that now resembles a Charlie Brown Christmas tree; the Camellia that never blooms, because each year it is pruned heavily … [Read more...]

  Hello everyone! You can now purchase my new book How Orchids Rebloom on Amazon!!! Thanks to all for your support and positive feedback!! Cheers, Chuck … [Read more...]

  I truly do like taking photos of orchid flowers. I don't really know why; I just feel this drive or focus to be with the image of the flower. It's as if photographing the flower brings me as close … [Read more...]

All along the west coast from Mexico to Canada, powdery mildew is one of the most common summer plant diseases. There are many different species of powdery mildew, and each one infects a different … [Read more...]

The Bougainvillea Looper is one of the newer pest to San Diego gardens. Arriving about 15 years ago, this now common one inch long, tan/brown to greenish-brown caterpillar won’t kill your … [Read more...]

We have many "things" we do to tend to our gardens: pruning, fertilizing, mulching, watering, etc. We each have out own personal reasons and opinions on what gardening tasks are most important and … [Read more...]

It’s typically the elegant, distinguished yet sometimes bizarre flowers that tell us we’re looking at an orchid. But you might say, “other plants are epiphytes, and other plants are native to the … [Read more...]

The easiest orchid to rebloom indoors is The Moth Orchid or Phalaenopsis. They come in many colors, shapes, and sizes, but all commonly found Phalaenopsis orchids require the same basic care. Here are … [Read more...]

Ultimately, the goal for any type of gardening is to reproduce or re-create our plant's native habitat to achieve the desired growth habit for that plant, while having lots of fun, of course. If you … [Read more...]