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Garden Variety: Preserving Liquid Assets with a Rain Barrel
By Jennifer E. Beaver In November, my family crams a year’s worth of home repair and redecorating into…
November 6, 2009
Garden Variety: Fall— Time to go to pot
By Jennifer E. Beaver In mid-October, nature sends the signal: Time to swap the front-step pot of summer…
October 23, 2009
Making peace with fall in Southern California
By Jennifer E. Beaver Fall is planting season in southern California. Since I grew up on the opposite…
October 9, 2009
Garden Variety: Creating a Butterfly Garden
By Jennifer E. Beaver Like most of us, butterflies are attracted to our balmy year-round climate. And since…
September 18, 2009
Garden Variety: Creating a hummingbird garden
By Jennifer E. Beaver Until I began research for this column, hummingbird gardens didn’t do much for me.…
August 7, 2009
Garden Variety: Five Reasons to Love Raised Bed Gardens
By Jennifer E. Beaver As I mentioned in my last column, I’m a big fan of raised bed…
July 24, 2009
Garden Variety: Why You Need a Raised Bed Garden
By Jennifer E. Beaver This year, raised beds suddenly became the must-have accessory for the backyard (or frontyard)…
July 10, 2009
Garden Variety: Step outside— visit the Mediterranean
By Jennifer E. Beaver Did the profile of California natives in my last column whet your appetite for…
June 26, 2009
Garden Variety: How to Kill Your Lawn
by Jennifer E. Beaver Secretly plotting to kill your grass? Relax. It’s not a crime. Many Californians are…
May 15, 2009