Weekly newsletter archive
These are the thirty weekly issues published between January and July 2026. The newsletter now comes out monthly, on the last Sunday of each month. If you are looking for the current monthly newsletter, please use this link.
Peace Found on a Butterfly's Wings
May is still a great planting window in Southern California, but the heat is coming. Get your warm-season vegetables and flowers in now — and if your in-ground spots are full, containers work beautifully. Plus this week: a quiet reflection on peace, and why I believe the only road to a peaceful world runs straight through our everyday actions.
Everything Comes Back Around
This week's newsletter has a meaty deep-dive on drip irrigation math (with a worked example from my hugelkultur bed), a heads-up on spider mite season, and a recommendation for the green lacewings I use to keep tomatoes pest-free. I also share a beautiful afternoon spent at Manju Kumar's regenerative food forest — one of the most inspiring gardens in our area — and a Thought of the Week about kinship, gratitude, and serendipity that I didn't expect to write but couldn't put down.
Winter Is a Season for Slowing Down
Winter is a season of quiet work. We explore what winter means in Southern California gardens and how slowing down can lead to healthier, more sustainable systems.