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Seven benefits of raised bed vegetable gardening

Why Raised Beds? Many East Bay backyard veggie growers are raised bed gardeners out of necessity, not choice. Our sites often have so many...

San Ramon Community Gardens: DIY fence project

There are still plots available for rent at the San Ramon Community Gardens (officially known as North Gardens) for organic gardeners who want to...

All-American Selections a good choice for OP and hybrid seeds

East Bay organic gardeners interested in a reliable source of seeds should investigate the website of All-American Selections. The AAS was founded...

Organic pest management

Organic gardening is both a method and a philosophy. Organic gardeners don’t use synthetic fertilizers because a key method for soil...

Using organic pesticides

In the article Live in peace with garden pests this author waxed lyrical about balance, harmony, and sharing the bounty with our fellow creatures....

Improve carrot seed germination

August is carrot planting time here in the East Bay, which also happens to be the beginning of our true, hot summer. That presents a dilemma. Once...

Try fluid sowing for dry climate gardens

Despite our foggy summers, the East Bay has a dry summer climate, meaning we don't usually receive much (or any) rain from mid-April to mid-October...

Beware of pest plants

Here in the East Bay we have hundreds of California native and Mediterranean plant varieties that thrive in our mild, dry, and often foggy climate....