How to bring beneficial bees back
Bees, birds and butterflies play integral roles in pollinating many of the crops humans rely on for sustenance. The National Pollinator Garden Network, through the National Wildlife Federation, recently launched…
The health and taste benefits of a veggie garden
Spring has sprung and with the danger of frost long past it is time to get your summer veggies into the ground. Gardens, of all kinds, can be challenging in…
Tomatoes offer bright yellow flowers followed by jewel-like, striped, spotted, blushed or clear red, orange, yellow, green, chocolate, purple or pink fruit – often as colorful as garden flowers!
Grow Tomatoes Decoratively
Just because tomatoes may be one of the most popular home-grown edible plants, just because straight-from-the-garden tomatoes taste better than store bought (even organic) versions, just because tomatoes are much…
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Tomatoes come in many different varieties, colors and flavors, and most of them are easy to grow at home.
Growing your food has its rewards
Food costs add up, especially if you’re trying to maintain a healthy diet. For those trying to eat well and stay on budget, growing your own vegetables can be a…
Mahnaz Hassanvan (cq) of Valencia prepares to plant more vegetables in her garden at the Community Garden of Santa Clarita located at Central Park in Saugus. Hassanvan, a life-long gardener, started her 10X20 garden patch at The Community Garden in January, which includes vegetables, herbs and flowers.
Community gardening with the SCV Water Agency
Santa Clarita Valley residents drive by dozens of different wildflowers on their way to work, shop and play, but did you know there are plenty of ways to have those…
Build a garden shed and raised vegetable gardens to give you tasty food and decorate your yard.
April gardening tips: What works best for gardens, lawns
As temperatures warm in Santa Clarita, the likelihood of rain dwindles away. After a year of generous precipitation the sunshine is welcome, but garden plants will need irrigation just as…
Both dogs and people love pools. But keep pets safe with barriers, gates or covers whenever no one is around to watch.
Sharing the garden with your pets
All too often, pet owners will allow their property to fall into disarray because it just seems impossible to grow a great garden with beloved, but oh-so-destructive pet cats or…
mixing plant and rock heights and textures turn this flat surface into a work of art
Landscape design hacks for your garden
Garden design is part-learned and part-dependent on an innate sense of design and balance. The best designers are artistically trained and naturally visualize how everything will flow together when installed…
Why gardening is just what the doctor ordered
Gardening can be a fun hobby or a way to make our homes look more attractive. To lower our water bills and help the environment, we have fixed up our…
Some of the 100 varieties of bare root roses available at Green Thumb Nursery in Newhall. Dan Watson/The Signal
Bare root planting season in SCV
The recent rains have made the soil in the Santa Clarita Valley soft and easy to dig. Now is the time to get to the nursery for your bare root…
wildflowers can provide a riot of color in early spring.
A few tips as winter winds down
While many landscapes are slumbering through the winter in North America, our gardens offer plenty of outdoor activities for the Santa Clarita gardener. Historically, February is the wettest month —…
Prune and rejuvenate your roses
Pruning roses can seem like a mystery, especially if you have never done it before. It’s one thing to read about pruning in a book, but you have to actually…
Drainage isn’t sexy, but it saves
A good way for you and your landscape to start off 2019 might be expanding your living space outdoors. It can be exciting to start a new project — so…
Your landscape does matter, and here’s why
By Jane GatesSignal Staff Writer More and more homeowners are letting their gardens die out into dried-out, crispy dust bowls (which become populated with stringy weeds only after rain). Or…
Plenty of garden work to do this winter
By Jane Gates Signal Contributing Writer Unlike much of the country where folks are shuttered indoors with frosty weather, we Santa Claritans can enjoy some of the best working weather…
Have as much fun as the kids – Dress up the garden for Halloween
By Jane Gates Signal Contributing Writer Decorating your landscape for Halloween is a great way to start the long holiday season. It offers an opportunity to have fun in your…
Autumn beats springtime for SCV’s top gardening season!
By Signal Staff Writer Jane Gates Photo: Salvia May night (Title: “Plant the ‘May Night’ salvia in autumn so it is ready to bloom in spring.”) As of Sept. 22,…
SCV Water releases September gardening class schedule
News Release SCV Water has released its September schedule of free gardening classes. With the first day of fall nearing, the classes aim to prepare those interested to pick the…
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SCV Water to hold free gardening classes
SCV Water officials have released their summer schedule of gardening classes. “We’re in the beginning of summer – the weather is getting warmer earlier in the day and is no…
Volunteer Holland Eggers, helps children make wildflower seed bombs at the Community Gardens. Georgia RIos/The Signal
Children learn the importance of bees and gardens at Farm to Table
Bugs. Dirt. Bees. Chickens. These are the different aspects children got to enjoy during the yearly youth event at the Community Gardens in Central Park. “We got a grant from…
