How can you not love a gardening book that begins with a quote from Goethe’s Sorrows of Werther? Well, OK; that might put some of you off. So I’ll add that despite the literary epigraph, Jennifer ...

They're ba-a-a-ck! Recent rains have Bay Area gardeners once again picking Helix aspersa, the brown garden snail, off our artichoke plants, crunching them underfoot in the driveway, drowning them in ...

You can spread your morning toast with 'Algerian' marmalade, squeeze tart juice from Asian limes on your midday seafood plate and lose yourself in the tropical scent of Polynesia from a slice of ...

Now that summer has passed, it’s the perfect time to plant arugula, and keep planting it week after week for a steady supply of fresh young leaves. Sow it in the heat of the summer, and it will ...

IT’S a great time of year for kitchen gardeners. Good rains mean great greens, and we’ve been happily tracking muddy footprints into the house as we bring in fresh-cut large-leaf mache or Italian wild ...

Asparagus are low-maintenance perennial vegetables that are capable of providing you with delicious spears in spring and early summer for decades if looked after properly. You do need to be patient as ...