Online guide to planting

University of California Cooperative Extension website

Wondering which vegetables to plant in April, which flowers beckon good bugs to the garden or how to make your own slow-release fertilizer? The answers to these questions along with scores of garden tips are available at celosangeles.ucdavis.edu/garden/tips/index.html courtesy of the University of California Cooperative Extension’s Common Ground Garden Program in Los Angeles.

The site’s concise yet comprehensive entries are organized by month and divided by category: vegetables and fruits, ornamentals (houseplants included) and general (irrigation, fertilizing, composting, pest management and more). Gardeners would be hard-pressed to find a richer virtual crib sheet for nurturing nature in the L.A. area.

This unique homegrown resource mingles traditional garden wisdom, innovative techniques, neat ways to recycle household items and cutting-edge research from the University of California.