2021 Fall Sept-Nov

Nov 15, 2021

NEXT MEETING: Chuck McClung & How Orchids Rebloom, December 13, 2021

Please join the San Diego Horticultural Society on December 13, 2021 at 6pm on Zoom for Chuck McClung's EASY GUIDE TO HAPPY REBLOOMING...

Nov 1, 2021

NEXT MEETING: Farmer Roy Presents Fall & Winter Vegetable Gardening on Nov. 8, '21 @ 6pm On Zoom

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! October 2021. Please join the San Diego Horticultural Society on Monday, November 8, 2021 at 6...

Nov 1, 2021

NEXT COFFEE IN THE GARDEN: November 20, 2021 At Karen England's Edgehill Herb Farm In Vista, CA

"Where the name is bigger than the farm, but no one seems to mind!" Have you ever wondered about your president who just showed up in the...

Nov 1, 2021

SD HORT BOOK CLUB: Book Lovers That Love To Garden!

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! November 2021. Have you heard how much fun the SD Hort Book Club is? It's amazing, and I'm not...

Nov 1, 2021

MEETING REPORT: October 2021, Robin Kobaly, The Desert Underground

By Donna Mallen, for Let's Talk Plants! November 2021. Among the new frontiers of scientific research and discovery in recent history is...

Nov 1, 2021

MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: California Dates

By Jim Bishop for Let's Talk Plants! November 2021. In a previous article in 2018, Road to Marrakech, I told the story of how dates are...

Nov 1, 2021

GROW IN ABUNDANCE: How to Grow Potatoes in a Bag

By Sommer Cartier, for Let's Talk Plants! November 2021. Growing potatoes in a bag is a fun and resourceful way to produce a crop of...

Nov 1, 2021

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Dates and Potatoes

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! November 2021. As you read through this month's newsletter articles from Jim Bishop and Sommer...

Nov 1, 2021

THE BUG MAN: Serpentine Leafminers

By James A. Bethke, for Let's Talk Plants! November 2021. My first job in the University of California Riverside (UCR) Department of...

Nov 1, 2021

FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: Epiphyllum Hybrid Basics

By Gretchen Ward, reprinted here with permission, for Let's Talk Plants! November, 2021. Epiphyllum hybrid ‘Going Bananas.' The...

Nov 1, 2021

TREES, PLEASE! Diamonds Are Not A Palm’s Best Friend

By Tim Clancy, for Let's Talk Plants! November 2021. Right tree, right place. This advice is really a warning that we should plan for the...

Nov 1, 2021

SCHOOL GARDEN GRANTS: Cadman Elementary School, San Diego, California

By board member Roy Wilburn, known as Farmer Roy, and president Karen England for Let's Talk Plants! November 2021. Now that all 15 of...

Nov 1, 2021

SHARING SECRETS: Green With Envy?

Edited by Cathy Tylka, for Let's Talk Plants! November 2021. This month's question: Have you ever had garden envy, plant envy, flower envy...

Nov 1, 2021

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Brown Widow Spider

By Walter Andersen, first published in Let's Talk Plants! November 2009, No. 182. [2009 Editor’s note: As we go to press I got a series...

Nov 1, 2021

GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: CNPS Bird Park Fundraiser Workshop - Dry Stream Bed Design 101

Featuring Greg Rubin and Leo Hernandez California’s Own Native Landscape Design November 13th, 2021, 9:30 am to 4:00 pm Bird Park at 28th...

Nov 1, 2021

WATER CONSERVATION GARDEN: Fall Garden Festival 2021

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Nov 1, 2021

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Worm Castings For A Vibrant Healthy Landscape

By Francesca Filanc for Let's Talk Plants! November 2021. Several years ago, a landscape designer friend of mine in the Olivenhain Garden...

Oct 1, 2021

PRESIDENT'S LETTER: Board Report

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! October 2021. The San Diego Horticultural Society board has had some changes recently that will...

Oct 1, 2021

NEXT MEETING: Robin Kobaly Presents "The Desert Underground" - Oct. 11, '21 @ 6pm On Zoom

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! October 2021. Please join the San Diego Horticultural Society on Monday, October 11, 2021 at 6...

Oct 1, 2021

SEPTEMBER MEETING REPORT: Jeffrey Bale - Rock Star!

On September 13, 2021, at 6 pm on Zoom, garden designer and builder, Jeffrey Bale gave a chronological history of his inspiring travels...

Oct 1, 2021

SD HORT BOOK CLUB: The Place To Be!

By Karen England, for Let's Talk Plants! October 2021. Have you heard how much fun the SD Hort Book Club is? It's amazing, and I'm not...

Oct 1, 2021

SCHOOL GARDEN GRANTS: Perry Elementary School, San Diego, California

By board member Roy Wilburn and president Karen England for Let's Talk Plants! October 2021. Now that all 15 of the chosen grant...

Oct 1, 2021

PERMACULTURE: Prepare For Water Harvest Now!

By Diane Kennedy for Let's Talk Plants! October 2021. One inch of rain falling on one acre in an hour is 27,154 gallons of pure, free,...

Oct 1, 2021

TREES, PLEASE! Cal-Polytechnic University Urban Tree’s Website

By Robin Y Rivet, for Let's Talk Plants! October 2021. October is prime tree planting time. Suppose you’d like an evergreen with...

Oct 1, 2021

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Please Help Save The Bees

By Pat Welsh, first published in Let's Talk Plants! October 2008, No. 169. Have you noticed how few bees are about this season? Have you...

Oct 1, 2021

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Butterflies & Host Plants In The Garden

By Francesca Filanc for Let's Talk Plants! October 2021. I receive so much joy by planting flowers, plants and vines that attract...

Oct 1, 2021

GOING WILD WITH NATIVES: Celebrate Native Plants w/CNPS & Leave The Wild Ones Be

By Susan Lewitt for Let's Talk Plants! October 2021. Red Bush Monkey Flower, Diplacus puniceus aka Mimulus aurantiacus var. puniceus, has...

Oct 1, 2021

FROM THE PALOMAR DISTRICT: Plant America - Plant Trees

By Sharon Tooley, for Let's Talk Plants! October 2021. As we approach the fall season most of the Palomar District Garden Clubs are...

Oct 1, 2021

GUEST COLUMN: Dragon Fruit – A Grower’s Comments

By Richard Frost, for Let’s Talk Plants! October 2021. The Guatemalan dragon fruit, S. guatemalensis, harvest from a plant in the SE...

Oct 1, 2021

SHARING SECRETS: Making Changes Due To Looming Water Issues?

Edited by Cathy Tylka for Let's Talk Plants!, October 2021. Thank you, Ida Rigby, for these wonderful questions… Because we have water...

Sep 14, 2021

NEXT MEETING: Robin Kobaly Presents "The Desert Underground" - Oct. 11, '21 @ 6pm On Zoom

Please join the San Diego Horticultural Society on Monday, October 11, 2021 at 6 pm (pst) on Zoom for a presentation by Robin Kobaly...

Sep 1, 2021

SAVE THE DATE: The Peaks & Valleys of Poway

Mark your calendars! The 2022 San Diego Horticultural Society Garden Tour of beautiful Poway, California is on Saturday March 26th. And...

Sep 1, 2021

SEPTEMBER GENERAL MEETING: Jeffrey Bale - Rock Star!

September 13, 6 pm (pst) on Zoom - Jeffrey Bale, with a chronological history of this self-taught stone Mason’s incredible work as a...

Sep 1, 2021

AUGUST MEETING REPORT: John Forti, The Heirloom Gardener

By Donna Mallen for Let's Talk Plants! September 2021. Note from newsletter editor-in-chief, Karen England to the membership: Please...

Sep 1, 2021

TREES, PLEASE! One Can Only Wish!

By Tim Clancy for Let's Talk Plants! September 2021. Tree Adoption Process Thank you for your interest in adopting a rescue tree from the...

Sep 1, 2021

MY LIFE WITH PLANTS: UC Santa Cruz Arboretum

By Jim Bishop for Let's Talk Plants! September 2021. This past April, I was fortunate to do a long-awaited return visit to the UC Santa...

Sep 1, 2021

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Going Wild With Natives And Going For The Gold

By Pat Pawlowski, September 2021. First published in Let's Talk Plants! September 2016, No. 264. Male lesser goldfinch. Carduelis...

Sep 1, 2021

SHARING SECRETS: The Dog Days of Summer…

Edited by Cathy Tylka for Let's Talk Plants! September 2021. Question of the month - The Dog Days of Summer… 1. What are you doing to...

Sep 1, 2021

GROW IN ABUNDANCE: A Few Favorite Seed Companies

By Sommer Cartier for Let's Talk Plants! September 2021. When purchasing seeds, it’s important to consider the varieties you’re choosing...

Sep 1, 2021

FROM THE MASTER GARDENERS: The Straight Facts About Growing Carrots

By Jodi Bay. This article first appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune, January 9, 2021, and is reprinted by permission in Let's Talk...

Sep 1, 2021

COME INTO THE KITCHEN, GARDENER: Keep Calm And Carrot On!

By Karen England for Let's Talk Plants! September 2021. With thanks to https://www.gloryofthesnow.com/carrot-puns/ for the punny title of...

Sep 1, 2021

DID YOU KNOW? There Is A World Carrot Museum!

By Kaye Wren for Let's Talk Plants! September 2021. There is a World Carrot Museum. You are welcome. http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/index....

Sep 1, 2021

SD HORT BOOK CLUB: September Reading And Bookish Memories

By Karen England for Let's Talk Plants! September 2021. As I told the SD Hort Book club members recently in a book club newsletter - "My...

Sep 1, 2021

GARDEN SURROUNDINGS: Tussie-Mussies

By Francesca Filanc for Let's Talk Plants! September 2021. The first time I was taught how to make tussie-mussies, also spelled tussy...

Jan 1, 2021

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Trees, Please! - Premature Obituary

On June 2nd, 1898 American humorist Mark Twain was quoted as follows: “The report of my death was an exaggeration.” If trees could talk the