Let's Talk Plants!

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

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...

Edited by Cathy Tylka. Question of the month … Is your corn growing as high as an Elephant's Eye? Ok, so maybe, not corn. Do you have...

Edited by Cathy Tylka. Here’s the question of the month… Do you have a favorite garden, park or riparian area that you visit? Sometimes,...

Edited by Cathy Tylka. This Month's Question: “What’s your favorite insect or arachnoid? Does it fly, does it crawl, does it pollinate?...

Edited by Cathy Tylka. Question: Spring has Sprung! How is your place doing? My plants are flowering like crazy, and some never bloomed...

Edited by Cathy Tylka. Do you have bunnies, chickees or ducklings in your Garden? Yes, no, maybe so . . . well, what is on your Spring...

February is the month for Valentines, hearts and flowers… Do you have any signatures of love in your garden and how can you share them?

What did you learn from something that went wrong in your garden?

Has the weather got your plants down . . . if yes, what are you doing about it? Weather includes heat, wind, overcast days, too much sun, d

What do you do to make your garden ready for Christmas, Hanukkah or the Winter Solstice? Or, do you use items from your garden for these

What do you do when you’re watering as the sun goes down? A friend of mine called it beer watering, I say it is wine watering … anything

While the new Sharing Secrets Editor, Cathy Tylka, gets settled into her new role, you can read the many Sharing Secrets Columns of the past

While the new editor of the Sharing Secrets column gets trained by the retiring editor in the ins and outs of the job, you can still enjoy l

The sound of splashing water is especially refreshing on these hot summer days.  Do you have a favorite water feature in your garden?

How do you use household items in an unconventional way in the garden? For example, a friend of mine uses a sifter to spread diatomaceous e

Sharing Secrets Editor Needed - Many thanks to Tina Ivany for her great work editing this column. Tina is "stepping down" from this position

I feel so fortunate to have a garden at this time. Just sitting in the sun and admiring the Spring flowers cheers me up. I try not to think

The editor of this column wandered into her garden after the recent rains and was immediately confronted by several enormous snails, also ap

Do you have any general gardening tips for 2020 that might not fit into any particular category, but that you have learned from your own exp

Garden Gnomes: Some people love them ("Yes! Even my fairy garden has a garden gnome.") and some people hate them ("Do they really have a pl

Our December meeting featured an enthusiastic and informative talk by Brijette Peña on "The Magical World of Seeds". Have you grown plants

Which of these do you give more often as a gift: cut flowers or potted flowers/plants?

Our fruit and vegetable gardens can yield an abundance of riches that we love to enjoy right away or preserve for later. Do you have a favo

What are your top 2 or 3 plants for your location in San Diego, the ones you have the most success with and find yourself recommending to yo

Edited by Tina Ivany. In honor of our 25th Anniversary, we first asked our founders and then our members at large: "What is your memory...

Edited by Tina Ivany. With our driest months coming up, Cheryl Nichols asks: “Is there really such a thing as a non-kink hose?.”...

Edited by Tina Ivany. Have there been any surprises in your garden after all the rains this year? For example, are there plants in your...

Edited by Tina Ivany. Are you waging battle against any invasive plants or animals in your garden? How did these intruders come into...

Edited by Tina Ivany. What is your favorite piece of garden art and how did you acquire it? Linda Canada: A friend made a piece of mosaic...

Edited by Tina Ivany. Small yards, tall wooden fences. What have you discovered that incorporates boundary fences into your garden,...

Edited by Tina Ivany. Do you have a favorite quotation about gardens or gardening? Robin Shifflet: Here is my favorite Japanese saying...

"It's winter! What's blooming in your garden? Annie Urquhart: Growing chard, spinach and herbs. Started a hydroponics garden, with...

Winter is rose pruning time in San Diego. I've heard that roses should be cut back to 18" and I've heard that we should keep them around...

How do you incorporate plants, seeds, and other material from your garden in your holiday decorations? Barb Hunting: I pick pine boughs...

What do you do in your garden to encourage bees, birds, and other wildlife? Diane Kennedy: Here at Finch Frolic Garden, we use no...

As gardeners, we are always learning from our gardens. What did your garden teach you this summer? Linda Chisari: The unusually hot...

Have you had any fun or surprising non-human visitors to your garden this year? What have you done to encourage—or maybe...

Edited by Dayle Cheever. What is on your garden or horticulture bucket list? Gerald D. Stewart: There are some elusive things that are on...

Edited by Dayle Cheever. Every now and then I find a plant I have not seen before. Recently, it was hummingbird mint (Agastache) and I...

Edited by Dayle Cheever. In an effort to reduce water use, many of us have eliminated grass. What soft ground covers have you had success...

Edited by Dayle Cheever* and Lisa Marun. I have a collection of reoccurring bulbs in my yard. They always surprise and delight me. Do you...

Edited by Dayle Cheever. What plants are you growing? What is your favorite scent from your garden and why? Exciting spring smells waft...

Edited by Dayle Cheever. In keeping with our speaker's topic this month, I got to thinking about flowering shrubs. Is there a particular...

Edited by Dayle Cheever. In keeping with our pest theme, rats seem to be a particular problem this year. Is there a particular method or...

Edited by Dayle Cheever* and Lisa Marun. We have all taken part at one time or another in the perennial battle between ant and man....

Edited by Dayle Cheever* and Lisa Marun. The question for this month was: Pat Welsh identifies November as the first month of the rainy...

Edited by Dayle Cheever* and Lisa Marun. The question for this month was: Is there a succulent that you have had particular success with?...

What is your favorite plant source in the local region and why? Have you had any luck ordering plants online and if so, what has worked?...

Edited by Dayle Cheever. What is your favorite plant source in the local region and why? Have you had any luck ordering plants online and...