Jano’s Garden: Try a new tomato, try an heirloom
Finally, the time has come to plant tomatoes....
Jano’s Garden
Bi-Weekly horticulture and gardening column written by Jano Nightingale
Jano’s Garden: Strawberries, rhubarb steal the show
North County is the perfect place to grow strawberries. With a climate that includes the moist, marine layer and lots of sunlight, any backyard gardener...
Jano’s Garden: Grow a mini vegetable garden
Even if you have moved to a condominium or apartment, you still can grow vegetables, just on a smaller scale....
Jano’s Garden: Ruchi Oswal’s garden of Middle Eastern culinary delights
As a floral designer for over 15 years, Ruchi learned about color, texture and shape, which she now brings to her food work....
Jano’s Garden: Spring greens
Spring is a time for transition, and this season comes early to Southern California....
Jano’s Garden: A farm for all in Encinitas
Coastal Roots Farm touches many lives with its embrace of philanthropy and education....
Jano’s Garden: Seeds then and now — the future of the heirloom
At this time of year my kitchen table is piled high with seed catalogues, which I read from cover to cover....
Jano’s Garden: Celebrating a young ‘steward of the earth’
I am heartened to know that there are still young people who prefer to be outdoors instead of glued to their computers....
Jano’s Garden: How to ‘Produce Good’ in San Diego County
During this time of giving and receiving it may seem presumptuous to ask anyone to give more. But in a time when 1 in 5...
Jano’s Garden: Holiday gift ideas abound at Carlsbad Farmers Market
The market is open Wednesday, Dec. 23, from 3 to 6 p.m. for last-minute gifts....
Jano’s Garden: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
My dad, who was an industrial designer by trade, looked at Christmas as a time when his creativity could flourish....
Jano’s Garden: Secrets in the recipe box
Each Thanksgiving I page through the index cards that are marked with food-stained memories of holiday meals gone by....
Jano’s Garden: An olive tree grows in Carlsbad
The olive harvest became a communal event, much like a grape harvest in wine country, and netted over five pounds of olives....
Jano’s Garden: Vegans grow in Oceanside
My columns are usually about how to garden, but this week I was looking for fall vegetable harvest recipes, so I decided to go to...
Jano’s Garden: October the perfect time to plant wildflowers
Planting a wildflower garden is not for those who are impatient....