Diane Lynch

Cottage Gardens in Petaluma makes Tuffits, realistic pillows for tip-toeing through your garden. (Diane Lynch / For The Ark) The holidays...

With the arrival of fall, it’s time to think about what to plant to improve the garden or fill in blanks where plants aren’t thriving or...

We are very fortunate to have a lot of birds in Marin. Many are seasonal and migrate through, sometimes stopping to rest, eat and breed....

Some years my little Blenheim apricot tree produces more than 100 apricots, so I’ve made jam from most of them. It turns out that...

Usually, Marin is finished with the chilly weather by the end of January, but it was 50 degrees out a few times in February and recently...

If you think you get to sit in your recliner and browse the seed catalogs all of January, think again. Pruning, planting and spraying...

Every year I make a pilgrimage to many of the local nurseries to see what’s new or interesting. I do get some shopping done, but...

As soon as the rains start — and it won’t be soon enough for my very dry garden — it’s time to remove unwanted plants and put in new...

Just because you live in an apartment doesn’t mean you can’t have a garden. If you have a deck, there’s something you can grow. Or maybe...

About half of life on earth is concentrated in the insect class, which is in the Arthropod phylum. Insects are characterized by having an...