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Solvang Farmer Pumpkin Patch once again is open for business, peddling hundreds — if not thousands — of multicolored gourds of all sizes at th…
To ensure these rural vets have access to the covid vaccines, the VA is relying on a mix of tools, but the challenges of vaccinating veterans …
Community members are invited to bring their culinary tips and tricks and special recipes to Solvang Library's monthly Sweet and Savory Cookin…
During the month of September, Grace Rose Farm will donate 25% of proceeds from the sale of Love Song roses to benefit the Alzheimer's Association.
“We’re excited to continue to grow our efforts in community food access and supporting local farmers."
Big deciduous shade trees that were so traditional and popular in rural and suburban gardens are not so proportionate to more confined modern …
Proper timing is so important. Aggressive pruning during summer exposes formerly shaded inner stems and foliage to more sunlight, which can ca…
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All are welcome and invited to bring art supplies and a chair or blanket for sitting.
Even without bloom, bronze foliage adds bold color, contrast and style to the garden. Options for plants that provide bronze foliage are remar…
Stinky flowers are more interesting than they are appealing. They do what they must to attract pollinators. Their preferred pollinators are ge…
The Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden is offering safe community activities for families to continue enjoying their time on the 2-acre managed oasis.
Bedding plants typically get cycled into and out of the garden, according to the seasons, but some of them may have more potential than they g…
Multi trunk trees exhibit any combination of sculptural trunks, appealing bark, or a broader canopy to more effectively display blooms or appe…
Nature is not what some of us believe it is. Home gardens and landscapes which are intended to make a home seem closer to nature are surprisin…
Seed and seedlings for warm season vegetables and bedding plants are scarce while so many of us have more time for gardening, and want to grow…
Blue is not a common color among flowers. There are actually only a few plants that bloom true blue. Red is more common, even though insects c…
Gravitropism is how plants react to gravity. Roots exhibit positive gravitropism if they grow toward gravity. Stems generally exhibit negative…
Kaley Cuoco sold her Tarzana home for $3.95 million, which was about $3 million less than her original asking price. She bought the Mediterran…
Garden varieties are more complicated than they should be. Some proliferate from their own seed. A cultivar (cultivated variety) propagates on…
Also, NBA star LeBron James' former Miami home is back up for sale at $13.95 million. The waterfront compound has multiple structures, an infi…
The most aggressively invasive weeds are not native, but are exotic and often ecologically detrimental species, that naturalized into hospita…
The modern mansion in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills West was seized by the federal government and sold for $18.5 million. Take a look inside th…
Ten years ago, smart homes were expensive, with the original Amazon Echo costing $180 and the original Nest Learning Thermostat clocking in at…
After bloom, it is helpful to deadhead spring bulbs, before they waste their resources on unwanted seed production, rather than replacement bu…
"Criminal Minds" star Joe Mantegna's Tudor-style home in Los Angeles is for sale. He's asking $4.195 million. Here's a look inside his home an…
From answering kids' coronavirus questions to helping you plant a garden, here are a few quick reads to help get your health, finances and fam…
"Re-wilding" is the trend toward diversifying traditional lawns by putting in native plants, but such landscaping involves more than simply qu…
Have some time on your hands? Here are a few quick projects that usually get ignored.