Tag: garden

• Caring for Buckwheat During a Dry January

  

  If you picked up a four-inch California buckwheat at A Buckwheat in Every Garden event last fall, hopefully you planted it and watered it deeply, then spread a light layer of mulch to keep the soil moist. We received plentiful rain in November and December. However, except for a fraction of an inch of rain […]

  E. Wallace

  January 20, 2020

  Buckwheat, Gardening with Native Plants

  Buckwheat, garden, natives, rain, water

• First They Sleep

  

  Have you heard the old adage about growing newly-installed plants in the landscape? The saying goes like this: “First they sleep, then they creep, then they leap!” Is your new ‘Dana Point’ buckwheat sleeping, creeping, or leaping? Some homeowners who planted their free buckwheat report bunnies feasting on the tender new growth. If this has […]

  E. Wallace

  January 17, 2020

  Buckwheat, Gardening with Native Plants

  Buckwheat, garden, Nature, spring, summer