Column title and link

Date published

Update?

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_12TipsLowWater.html

12 tips for Low Water Gardening

November 18 2012

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_acidloving.html

Growing acid-loving plants

December 24, 2008

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_afterthefrost.html

After the frost: what to do?

December 29, 2011

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_AgeAppropriate.html

Gardening with Kids: Age-Appropriate Garden Activities for Kids

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_allstars.html

About the Arboretum All-Stars

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_aphidstrategies.html

Dealing with Aphids

April 24, 2003

Needs revision

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_applespears.html

Growing Apples and Pears in the Sacramento Valley

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_AprilFAQs.html

April FAQ's! Quick questions in spring

April 22, 2004

Needs revision

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_arboretumwinter.html

Dealing with mud. The UC Davis Arboretum in winter

February 28, 2008

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_augustdifficult.html

August is a difficult month in the garden!

July 26, 2001

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_augustdoldrums.html

The August Doldrums.

July 28, 2005

Needs revision

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_Augustquestions.html

Some like it hot(ter); gardening in August

August 26, 2010

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_autumnnotes.htm

Autumn Notes

September 22, 2005

Needs revision

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_bamboo.html

Demystifying Bamboo

 

Needs revision

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_bamboofaqs2010.html

Bamboo FAQ's

July 22, 2010

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_bamboofather.html

Bamboo My Father Planted

August 28 2008

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_bananasandbeyond.html

Bananas and Beyond: Subtropicals for the Sacramento Valley

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_bareroot.html

The Bareroot Season: the gardening year begins

August 27, 2009

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_barerootterms.html

Bareroot Season is Here! Winter planting of fruit trees, and more

January 16 2014

Needs revision

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_beneficials.html

Feb 18, 2001

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_beneficialsgarden.html

Benziger Family Winery: A Garden For Beneficial Insects

September 23, 2010

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_berries.html

Growing Berries

May 27, 2004

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_biennials.html

Real Gardeners Plant Biennials

April 22, 2010

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_boxingday.html

Happy Boxing Day

December 26, 2002

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_bulbseasy.html

Bulbs!

October 28, 2004

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_bulbsnew.htm

Bulbs: A Fondness for Geophytes

October 25, 2007

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_butterflygardens.htm

Planting a Butterfly Garden

January 24, 2008

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_chillinghours.html

Trouble ahead for fruit trees? Chilling hours, chilling units in  2015

January 22 2015

Needs updating

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_choosingfruit.html

Choosing a fruit tree

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_citrusdisease.html

Citrus in your garden and in the news

February 26 2015

Needs updating

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_citrusfreeze.html

Citrus problems: 2009 freeze, HLB, and more

December 31, 2009

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_citruslesser.htm

Citrus: the little known varieties

April 27, 2006

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_clematis.html

Clambering clematis: and other memories

Apr. 24, 2008

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_collegeFAQs.html

Welcome to Davis! FAQ's for new students

October 23 2014

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_containergarden.htm

Puttering with Pots!

August 24, 2006

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_deciduousshrubs.html

Deciduous Flowering Shrubs: Sentimental Favorites!

Feb. 22, 2001

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_Dirtnever.html

Garden Soil in the Valley: But never call it dirt….

March 25, 2004

 

Needs updating

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_DormPrunefruit.html

Dormant Pruning of Fruit Trees

January 25, 2001

Needs updating

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_dormprunesimple.htm

Dormant Pruning: Keep It Simple.

Jan. 26, 2006

Needs updating

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_Drosophila.html

Spotted Wing Drosophila

February 25, 2010

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_droughtfavorites.html

Easy Steps to Reduced Water Use

October 27, 2011

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_droughtshrubs.html

Choosing shrubs to use less water

November 25, 2011

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_droughttrees.html

Choosing trees to use less water

January 26, 2012

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_earlyautumnflowers.htm

Early autumn flowers!

September 27, 2007

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_easyedibles.html

Easy Edibles!

March 24, 2011

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_easyfragrant.html

20 Easy Fragrant Plants

October 28, 2010

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_evergreens2001.html

Evergreens: framing your landscape!

November 2001

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_evergreentrees.html

Trees--Some of our Favorite Evergreens!

November 27, 2002

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_extremeheat.html

Hot Enough For You? July 2002

July 25, 2002

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_fallquestions.htm

Ask the Nursery guy! We get questions…. fall color and more

October 27, 2005

Needs updating

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_favoritetrees.html

Some of our favorite trees: 2002 version

September 26, 2002

Needs updating

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_favoritetreesnew.html

Some of our favorite trees: 2009 version

June 25, 2009

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_flowerborder.html

December is seed catalog weather!

Easy plants for a cut flower garden

December 18 2014

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_foodgardening.html

Food gardening is back!

June 26th, 2008

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_foodplantfall.html

Food we plant in Fall

(2008)

Needs updating

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_fragrance.htm

Garden fragrance!

(2008)

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_fragrantfoliage.html

Fragrant foliage: A garden for all the senses

October 23, 2008

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_freeze2007.htm

After the Freeze: January 2007 version

January 25,2007

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_frost_protect.html

Frost Protection in the Garden

Thanksgiving Day, 2000

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_frostvsfreeze.html

Frost vs. Freeze

December 1999

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_frostwarning.html

Frost Warning?

November 24, 2010

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_fruitcrib.html

Fruit trees: quick answers to common questions

December 27, 2012

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_fruitinlandscape.html

Make Your Garden Fruitful....

January 24,2002

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_gardeningeasy.html

Gardening can be easy--really!

April 18, 2002

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_gardeningincontainers.html

Gardening in containers

September 27 2012

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_gardenmyths.html

Garden myths and opportunities.

September 25, 2003

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_giantvegetables.htm

Vegetables on steroids? Giant pumpkins and more!

August 23, 2007

 

Needs updating

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_grabbag.html

A grab bag of topics! Some February garden questions

February 23 2012

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_growhere.html

Does it grow here? We get questions

June 23, 2005

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_hedges.htm

Hedges and screens! 2006 version

March 23, 2006

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_heirloomshybrids.html

Heirlooms or hybrids?

February 26, 2009

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_herbsforkitchen.htm

Herbs for food and pleasure

May 24, 2007

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_holiday_plants.html

What to do with those holiday plants?

28 December 2000

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_houseplants.html

House plants!

September 23, 2004

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_invasive.html

Cardoons and other alien invaders.

May 22, 2008

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_Julyquestions.html

… some common summer garden inquiries

July 28, 2011

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_Junequestions.html

We get questions: gardening in early summer!

June 28, 2012

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_landscapeerrors.html

Common Landscape Errors, or ... It Isn't the Plant's Fault!

June 23, 2011

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_latesummerquestions.html

We get questions! some late summer garden topics

(2008)

Needs updating

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_lavenders.html

Lavenders!

April 28, 2011

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_lawnslowwater.html

Lower Water Lawn Options

July 26 2012

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_lesswater.htm

Going Native…. And other plant choices to reduce water use.

Nov. 22, 2007

Needs updating

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_lilacsredbuds.html

Lilacs and Redbuds for Spring!

(2008)

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_mallows.htm

Cotton, gumbo, and marshmallows.

July 26, 2007

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_Mayquestions.html

If April showers bring May flowers, what do May showers bring?

May 26, 2011

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_medianotes.htm

Media frenzies and vanishing bees?

March 22, 2007

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_microclimates.html

Microclimates!

February 27, 2003

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_mythbuster.html

Mythbusting in the garden

September 25, 2008

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_natives.html

What does native mean?

March 26, 2009

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_nativesfavorites.html

Low Water Plants continued:
Great Natives for Valley Gardens

November 01 2012

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_newin03.html

What's New in '03?

January 23, 2003

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_nightgardens.html

Gardening by Moonlight!

August 22, 2002

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_novembernoshing.html

Noshing in November!

November 27, 2008

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_october2001.html

October is a month of contrasts!

October 2001

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_oddsandends.html

Odds and Ends: we get questions

May 27, 2010

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_orchids.html

Orchids!

February 24, 2005

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_ornamedibles.html

Guavas and quinces and other edible ornamentals

October 22, 2009

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_ornamentalgrass.html

Ornamental Grasses

July 24, 2003

Needs update

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_paths.html

A Garden Path

(2008)

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_peppers.html

Peppers! Sweet or hot…pick a peck!

May 31, 2001

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_peppersdad.html

The Surprising Spread of Peppers, by George Shor

September 24, 2009

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_perennials.html

Perennials! plants for color all year, and year after year!

25 May 2000

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_perennialstenfav.html

Ten Easy Perennials!

June 26, 2003

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_persimmonpucker.htm

Puckery persimmons?

December 27, 2007

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_pestandroses.html

New Pest update, & some favorite roses

May 28, 2009

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_pestnews.html

New Pests in the News

April 23, 2009

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_plantingpollinators.html

Planting for Pollinators: Butterflies, bees, and more!

June 19 2014

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_pruningwhenwhat.html

Woodman, Spare That Tree! When, what, how to prune

Dec, 26th 2006

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_purple.htm

Shades of Purple!

June 22, 2006

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_puttingfoodby.html

Putting Food By: in honor of my mother

October 10 2013

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_quirky.html

Quirky questions for early spring!

(2013)

Needs update

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_rosedisorders.htm

Rose Disorders and Disorderly Roses

April 26, 2007

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_rosepruning.html

Rose Pruning is easy!

January 22, 2004

Needs update

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_rosesother.htm

The Other Roses

Feb. 22, 2007

 

Needs update

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_satsumas.html

Satsumas and other mandarins

December 23, 2010

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_seasonofcontrasts.htm

A season of contrasts!

February 23, 2006

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_seedseasy.html

Seeds that are Easy to Grow!

04/29/05

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_septemberfragrant.html

September means planning for winter fragrance!

August 23, 2001

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_shadeplants.htm

Plants for the shade!

May 25, 2006

 

Needs update

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_shadetree2001.html

Choosing a Shade Tree! 2001 version

October 18 2001

Needs update

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_smallfloweringtrees.html

Diminutive Delights: the little trees of spring

February 26, 2004

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_springdiseases.html

What great fungus weather we're having!

May 22, 2003

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_startvegseeds.html

Starting summer vegetables from seed

January 28, 2010

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_stonefruit.html

Stone Fruits: A Valley Specialty?

January 27, 2011

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_stoptreeabuse2001.html

Stop Tree Abuse!

December 2001

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_subtropicals.html

A Touch of the Tropics! Subtropicals for our area

June 27, 2002

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_successearlytom.html

Success with early tomatoes?

March 25, 2010

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_succulents.html

Succulents and Cactus

July 24 2008

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_summer_veges.html

Summer Vegetables in Davis and FAQs

20 April 2000

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_summerbugs.html

Summer bugs: friends or foes?

August 7, 2014

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_summergarden.html

Summer Gardening in the Sacramento Valley!

June 29, 2001

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_summerreview.html

Sizing up the Summer Garden: 2006

October 26, 2006

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_summersuccess.html

Tips for summer success!

May 09 2013

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_SummerVegetablesCont.html

More on Summer Vegetables!

(2012?)

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_summerwaternew.htm

Check Daily, Water As Needed: Summer Planting in the Sacramento Valley

June 28, 2007

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_sunflowers.htm

Sunflowers!

July 27, 2006

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_systemic.html

It isn't easy being an aphid.... About systemic insecticides

June 24, 2010

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_TenPlants.html

Ten Plants for Early Summer!

May 31, 2012

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_tentipsgreener.html

Ten Tips for a Greener Garden

Mar. 27, 2008

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_terraceandshields.html

Cool gardens on a hot day: a visit to the UC Davis Arboretum

July 23, 2009

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_thanksgiving.html

Thanksgiving: An Appreciation

Nov. 25, 2004

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_thanksgivingmenu.htm

The Edible Plants of Thanksgiving!

November 24, 2005

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_tomatoes.html

Everyone loves Tomatoes!

March 22, 2001

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_tomatoprimer.htm

Tomatoes: a primer

May 26, 2005

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_tomatoseason.html

Tomato Season: right around the corner!

March 29, 2012

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_treeposterity.html

Planting for Posterity

November 23, 2006

Needs updating

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_treesalsorans.html

Trees--Also Rans and Bad Actors!

October 24, 2002

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_vegnewspring.html

If I Were Planting A Vegetable Garden For The Very First Time

(2008)

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_vergeofspring.html

On the verge of spring?

Feb. 21, 2002

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_vines.html

Vigorous Vines!

March 24, 2005

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_watering.html

Summer Session: Watering 101

(2008)

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_waterlessoften.html

How to water less often!

(2013?)

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_waterslowlydeeply.html

Slowly, deeply, infrequently…

July 22, 2004

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_waterwoes.html

Water woes--the facts about our water

May 23, 2002 ***

Needs updating

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_weatherfaqs.html

Winter Weather Q&A!

December 23, 2004

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_weatherindavis.html

Weather in Davis!

26 Nov 2003

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_Weatherwimps.html

Made for the Shade!

May 23, 2002

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_wegetquestionsAug2012.html

We get questions! Late summer odds and ends.

August 30 2012

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_Whatsthattree.html

What's that tree? Winter and spring blooming trees

February 24, 2011

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_winterstars.htm

The Stars of Winter

Dec. 30, 2005

 

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_wintertapestry.html

Winter Tapestries!

December 24, 2003

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_Zen.html

A Zen Garden in Davis

August 25, 2011

 

http://redwoodbarn.com/DE_Zonedout.html

Zoned out? USDA and Sunset gardening zones

November 2003

 

 

 

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