Thresholds are such interesting aspects of life, aren’t they? They’re important physical and metaphysical moments between this place and that place.The…

The annual choosing of garden books to carry me through the winter comes with such promise of pleasure. As girls, my sisters and I would be asked by our…

I am planting bulbs, culinary and ornamental. A heavy box of hope and spring dreams arrived from the heirloom bulb supplier Old House Gardens Heirloom…

Each evening when I get home from work, I water my front, south-facing garden — a dry, rocky landscape which is cooked by the sun most of the day.Almost…

Is "Farm-to-Fork" just a marketing phrase? Where did the concept begin and how has it grown in the past 45 years? What does it mean to us today in the…

On this episode of In a North State Garden, host Jennifer Jewell talks about late-summer blooms — including California fuchsias.

Gardening isn't simply the act of establishing and keeping a garden. It's a process — a covenant with the land, and a ongoing of optimism.

Long days of high, dry heat can leave our North State gardens looking a little beaten down. Jennifer Jewell talks about how we can draw inspiration on…

California's drought has given many residents cause to stop and think about how they use their water. Jennifer Jewell here speaks about the good things —…

Jennifer Jewell talks with Michael Kauffmann, author of "Field Guide to Manzanitas," about why it is about the California native plant that he finds so…