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Jules Dervaes Jr. wanted a simpler life when he turned the yard around his city home into the organic Urban Homestead his children still farm 50 years later.
Which Southern California native plants survived climate change and mass extinctions 13,000 years ago and still live today? La Brea Tar Pits researchers compiled a list.
Can squirrels be kept from trashing L.A.’s backyard bird feeders and fruit trees? Here’s my battle to find out what works, what doesn’t and why.
The jacarandas are blooming in all their glory. These maps show where you can find high concentrations of the love-it-or-hate-it tree.
A Los Angeles couple tore out 1,150 square feet of thirsty lawn, replacing it with a showstopping mix of low-water California native plants.
Last year, the jacarandas didn’t bloom until mid-June. This year, many are flowering from Long Beach to Santa Monica to Pasadena, a more typical timeline for the love-it-or-hate-it tree.
More than 800 readers shared their thoughts on the etiquette of picking fruit from a tree that’s not their own. But what’s legal and should one consider Nextdoor shaming?
Food Forward saves nearly 2 million pounds of produce every week. It all started with a slow walk through a Los Angeles neighborhood full of unpicked fruit.
Life-giving compost is made from things that die and decompose. Now humans can add their bodies to the mix. This new burial won’t be legal in California until 2027. But some aren’t waiting.
Inspired by the slow flower movement, landscape designer Kathleen Ferguson is “making people happy” by growing environmentally appropriate flowers at her micro-farm in L.A.
Southern California is one of the best places on the planet to grow cannabis. Here’s what you need to know before planting it in your backyard.
The easily accessible Highway 39 from Azusa north to Crystal Lake Recreation Area has quite the wildflower display right now. Here’s how to view the blooms while they last.
