Author: Mark Koehler

Hello garden friends. Recently I was asked to give a lecture on plant tea. No, this is not a tea for people made from plants, but a tea for plants made from ingredients found in home composts. Yes, plants can drink tea as well...

July is our hottest month of the year. The average temperature on the Westside of the Central Valley  is 98 degrees.  We gardeners need to pay special attention and walk our gardens for 10 minutes every...

Mark Koehler Growing trees, shrubs and flowers in Los Banos can be a challenge.  Most homeowners don’t think of the soil before planting.  Our soil is basically clay with some gravelly alluvium. Unfortunately, our soil is...