I come from a family of fruit growers. My maternal grandfather, a minister raised in Texas but retired in California, kept an extensive garden where he grew guavas, plums, tomatoes, and dozens of ...

The Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture is hosting a Farm Your Yard Field Day event June 22 at Columbia's Agriculture Park. Billy Polansky, executive director for CCUA, said the field day is a good ...

• Angel Black dreamed of growing food in her Culver City backyard, but her gardens always failed. • The problem: a lawn that monopolized the backyard’s sunny spots, leaving the food-growing areas ...