Home And Garden Scarification: The simple seed-starting trick By Jessica Damiano The Associated Press 3 hrs ago I’m currently dusting off my seed-starting supplies and sorting through seed packets from years past. Seed starting is an annual ritual for ma…
Home And Garden A kaleidoscope of oddball tomatoes to try as seed-starting season nears By Jessica Damiano The Associated Press Feb 18, 2026 Seed-starting time is right around the corner, and that means it’s time to think about tomatoes.
Home And Garden Bring the desert’s warmth indoors with succulents By Anita Snow The Associated Press Feb 11, 2026 TUCSON, Ariz. — Shallow dishes crowded with tiny, drought-resistant plants in shades of green, red and purple are pretty much all most people …
Home And Garden Herbs grown indoors require extra care By Jessica Damiano The Associated Press Jan 7, 2026 I’ve been growing herbs in the garden long enough to know they don’t require much. Just water, sunlight and my best intentions.
Local News Featured Rocket Farms to hold reopening in Half Moon Bay By Holly Rusch, Daily Journal staff Nov 14, 2025 Half Moon Bay greenhouse grower Rocket Farms — a community staple for indoor flowering plants — is relocating its wholesale facility to the pr…
Home And Garden How to grow a giant pumpkin By Adithi Ramakrishnan and Shelby Lum The Associated Press Updated Oct 17, 2025 WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. — The pumpkin in Tony Scott’s backyard weighs almost as much as a small car.
Home And Garden Houseplants bring fresh life indoors By Kristen Wood The Associated Press Oct 1, 2025 Garden Media Group reports searches for Monstera, a common but beloved houseplant, shot up by 600% on Google Trends in the last year. From a s…
Columnists Preparing for a big Zone 9b/10a growing summer By Annie Tsai Updated Jun 26, 2025 Not sure if you noticed, but it’s been getting warmer. Consistently warmer enough that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, for the first time …
Columnists An encomium Jon Mays Daily Journal staff Updated Jun 20, 2024 The first time I can remember encountering a strawberry was through a can of soda. There were lots of these sodas in a cooler during a cookout…
Local News Class notes Updated Apr 13, 2025 St. Matthew Episcopal Day School and Middle School student Cayden Tu, of San Mateo, was honored by the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth…
