Jano’s Garden: Fall into gardening
Fall is here, and it’s time to renew our flower gardens with California Natives and annuals that will bring color throughout our cooler days....
Jano’s Garden
Bi-Weekly horticulture and gardening column written by Jano Nightingale
Jano’s Garden: Pandemic and the food pantry
Over the past six months, many people, regardless of their economic status, have felt the effects of COVID-19 food scarcity....
Jano’s Garden: Create a home garden that offers peace, inspiration
I have compiled some of elements so that even the amateur gardener can create a place of peace in their own yard....
Jano’s Garden: The art of saving your garden’s seeds
Gardeners cleaning out their beds to begin their fall crops may be missing a wealth of free seed just waiting to be harvested....
Jano’s Garden: Plant and rock people
A joyous collaboration between the owner of the Village Rock Shop in Carlsbad and a local landscape gardener has produced a go-to site for anyone...
Jano’s Garden: The increasingly elusive butterfly
As gardeners and lovers of wildlife, we can increase the chance of the butterfly’s survival by planting the correct host plants....
Jano’s Garden: Sharing the good things
Sometimes even farmers have too much of a good thing. Susan George and her husband Michael Fons own a commercial avocado grove in Morro Hills...
Jano’s Garden: Explore the world of the garden with your children
If you have youngsters at home this summer, now is a great time for a kids’ gardening project....
Jano’s Garden: What’s the ‘dill’ with pickling?
My German grandmother had a large, gray crock in the basement of her Milwaukee bungalow, filled with smelly vinegar and lots of small cucumbers....
Jano’s Garden: San Diego a great place to enjoy a wide variety of chiles
We live close to some of the best vegetable farmers on the West Coast and Mexico....
Jano’s Garden: Put some color in your garden for a vibrant, living canvas
What is your color palette? When I shop at the garden center, I am almost always attracted to bright colors. My favorite pairing is bright...
Jano’s Garden: Time to plant tomatoes
Blame it on the weather. Whether you choose to grow Sungold, Early Girl, Celebrity or Black Russian tomatoes has to do with where you live...
Jano’s Garden: Create your own herbal products
When you grow herbs at home, there are multitudes of ways they can be used and preserved....
Jano’s Garden: Time to start seeds
In a time when most of us are indoors, it can be comforting to think of the future, when our gardens will be blooming. If...
Jano’s Garden: Creating a herb collection to enliven your outdoor space
Creating a small collection of herbs for your patio or porch is a bit like creating a stamp collection. I was always fascinated with stamp...