Garden Gate
Winter Happy Hour for the Birds
At daybreak, there are hundreds of robins above the sidewalks: robins coming to town, leaving town, staying, and all of them are eating hackberry fruit. Gobbling, gorging on hackberries.
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Issue 185 - Winter 2025
Garden Gate
ANATOMY OF A WINTER PORCH POT
FAST GARDEN FACTS
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Issue 185 - Winter 2025
Garden Gate
Lettuce Might Be Magical
I find it fascinating that each vegetable has its own unique way of growing. For example, as baby eggplants grow, it seems impossible that the rather spindly plant can support the weight of multiple eggplants. But Mother Nature somehow allows it to work even though it basically defies the laws of gravity.
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Issue 185 - Winter 2025
Garden Gate
WHICH shade ANNUAL IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
THIS or THAT: IMPATIENS VS. BROWALLIA
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Issue 185 - Winter 2025
Garden Gate
Epimedium
This tough shade perennial provides year-round, deer-resistant beauty where few others thrive.
7 min |
Issue 185 - Winter 2025
Horticulture
ANDREW BUNTING
Helping build a better city through public horticulture
7 min |
Winter 2025
Horticulture
Always in Season
A multifaceted shrub like oakleaf hydrangea deserves a prime position. This one brings new interest to the front garden each season.
5 min |
Winter 2025
Horticulture
from Shed to Studio
A PREFAB BUILDING BECOMES A DREAM WORKSPACE IN THE GARDEN
6 min |
Winter 2025
Horticulture
RESILIENT Roses
Heritage varieties flourish at Philadelphia's historic Wyck garden
5 min |
Winter 2025
Horticulture
Top Tomatoes, Perfect Peppers
How to make 2026 your best year for these favorite crops
6 min |
Winter 2025
Horticulture
HOW TO GARDEN SMART
“WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER.” No doubt you’ve heard this before, usually from some consultant sent down by Corporate. Sounds great, but a week later, what? Your boss is telling you to stop thinking so much and work harder!
2 min |
Winter 2025
Garden Gate
SHARED WISDOM
My “stone age” began in my childhood, when my dad would take our family on hikes to the creek behind our house.
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Issue 185 - Winter 2025
Garden Gate
2026's Best New Plants!
While it's a bit soon to start planting, this time of year is great for dreaming and making plans for the upcoming season.
10 min |
Issue 185 - Winter 2025
Garden Gate
Pretty Permaculture
After some home construction, Joseph and Shalyn Donofro’s zone 5 backyard was left with low-quality, compacted soil and not much of anything else. They envision a beautiful space that supports their young family’s healthy lifestyle goals, teaches responsibility to their children and enables them to spend quality time outdoors together. They want the cottage garden aesthetic, as well as the benefits of basic permaculture practices, which encourage sustainability and enrich the well-being of both the garden and the gardeners.
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Issue 185 - Winter 2025
Garden Gate
The Giving Garden
This award-winning garden is rooted in personal connections.
8 min |
Issue 185 - Winter 2025
Horticulture
Cutting Gardens
You don't need a sprawling estate to grow your own bouquets
4 min |
Winter 2025
Horticulture
RAIN, HAIL & SNOW NETWORK
In this collaborative, volunteers measure and help map precipitation
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Winter 2025
Horticulture
A GLIMPSE AT THE FUTURE
How quantum computers may help us recognize and build more perfect ecologies
4 min |
Winter 2025
Horticulture
ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS
Meet the 2025 class of ornamental AAS winners
8 min |
Winter 2025
Horticulture
A YEAR-END REVIEW
Looking back at some highs, lows and lessons learned in the 2025 gardening season
6 min |
Winter 2025
Los Angeles Times
A terrifying roar from under the floor and bear's jig is up
Kenneth Johnson first noticed signs of an uninvited guest living under his Altadena home earlier this year.
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December 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Bedecked halls at White House show first lady’s touch
First Lady Melania Trump on Monday unveiled the holiday decorations for her family’s first Christmas back at the White House and her theme is “Home Is Where the Heart Is.”
3 min |
December 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
No LeBron? Again, no worries
Doncic (34 points) and Reaves (33) lead surging Lakers past the Pelicans
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December 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
For Kathleen Madigan, the middle is just fine
Midwest comedian’s irreverent humor is showcased in new Prime Video special.
6 min |
December 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
A pro-housing move at Coastal Commission
Criticized as an obstacle, agency signals a shift
6 min |
December 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
State’s Indian truck drivers idled in license purge
A terrible crash made them a target. Many also stay off road for fear of deportation.
4 min |
December 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
'Super Bowl Shuffle' perfectly in step with its era
HBO documentary revisits Bears’ 1985 music video that ideally matched iconic team with the rise of MTV.
4 min |
December 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
A Google tool exposes weaknesses in schools’ AI policy
A few months ago, a high school English teacher in Los Angeles Unified noticed something different about his students’ tests. Students who had struggled all semester were suddenly getting A’s. He suspected some were cheating, but he couldn't figure out how.
4 min |
December 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Amid nurse shortage, student loans targeted
Trump administration proposes cap on amounts for graduate school
4 min |
December 02, 2025
Los Angeles Times
SUV hits L.A. ambulance; 5 hurt
At least five people were taken to a hospital Sunday night after a car collided with an ambulance that was transporting an elderly patient in the San Fernando Valley.
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