Garden

The Wife That is Venus with "Godzilla"It's a seminal moment in the world of backyard vegetable garden. One doesn't grow an artichoke the size of the wife's head all that often. Yet that is the "vegetable of the day" that the wife that is Venus is holdi...

A true story with a handy solution. Once upon a time, a few years ago, there was a green bean farmer. She grew Emerite pole beans from Renee's Garden and they did extremely well. She harvested green beans by the bowl every couple of days, and everyone...

Sabrina Okamura-Johnson, of the California Native Plant Society, points out Sonoma sage at Sacramento's Historic City Cemetery.Wildflowers thrive among the tombstones. Poppies and penstemons sparkle on century-old graves. Opportunistic blue-e...

Don Shor says Early Girl is a fine choice for the Sacramento area. "It's the most reliable hybrid and has won taste tests," he said.They're a symbol of our civic pride and joy, an edible example of all that's delicious about living in Sacramento....

Tomato 101 So many tomatoes, so little space. How do you choose which ones to grow? More than 7,500 varieties of tomatoes are commercially available with new ones introduced every year. Besides the familiar red, ripe tomatoes also come in green...

Two things on my weekend planner: a trip to the Antique Trove for their "yard sale" and a visit at the Mad Imports warehouse to see what treasures I might find! I'll start with ...    The Mad Hatter This business is like a traveling french flea market. I first encountered MAD at Sacramento's Home and Garden...

This week I finally had the opportunity to visit Hakone, the oldest Asian estate and gardens in the Western hemisphere. Located in Saratoga, CA, about 20 minutes from San Jose and the hustle and bustle of Silicon Valley, Hakone occupies 18 acres in the...

Get out and enjoy warm spring weather this weekend. There's no shortage of special events that will make the most of it. Celebrating a home-grown green bonanza, the Stockton Asparagus Festival opens today in downtown Stockton. Many of the festivities ...

Find inspiration for your summer home and garden projects this week at the new Cal State Fine Living Expo, which opens Friday at the Sacramento Convention Center. The new three-day show features an eclectic mix of lifestyle attractions as well as trad...

The biggest plant sale in Northern California is just days away: The UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley will have its spring sale this coming weekend. This is the mother of all plants sales. Sale tables will be spread throughout the UC Botanical Garden, a...