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While speaking at the Disney Epcot Flower & Garden Festival on my book, The Small Budget Gardener, I discovered these straw-bale gardens in the park. My book tells you how … Read more

This year I’ve moved to a new desert home! Biggest problem is soil that’s largely sand and lacks organic matter and is not bio-active so I need a POWERFUL amendment. … Read more

Last year I was dragged kicking and screaming into the realm of digital photography. I’d been shooting Kodachrome slides for nearly two decades for my books and magazine stories. I … Read more

Seeds of strange and wonderful vegetables fill the pages of the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Catalog. How this cool grower managed to escape my attention for all these years remains … Read more

Sequestered in the tropical furnace of the Mojave Desert at the south end of Palm Springs lies a botanical garden of singular beauty and incredible diversity. Once the private estate … Read more