Thank you SO MUCH Suzanne! I do appreciate it!!

I get Florida Gardening and have just started getting Garden Gate. Florida Gardening is sometimes hit and miss for me. This past/current issue really didn't have anything that interests me. However, I enjoy the section the devote to the UF Master gardeners for Q&A and their Calendar of Events is quite helpful. As I said, I have only just started getting Garden Gate. My wife got me the Sept/Oct issue and a 2 yr subscription for my birthday. At first glance I was worried that she had really missed the mark with this magazine because most of the gardens were temperate zone types where hostas thrive. But as I read through it, I realized almost every article could easily be applied to gardening in Florida, I would just have to substitue subtropicals that would do better here. That first issue and the second one, which I just got today jas already clarified some gardening/landscaping concepts I've been hazy on. So I'm looking forward to the next 11 issues (too bad it is bi-monthly). A third 'magazine' I get is Guide for Real Florida Gardeners. An annual publication you can get for free from FANN/Plant Real Florida. I will have to pick up a copy of Mother Earth News and give it a whirl. Though I must say, this is a far departure from the truck, car audio and computer magazines I used to collect.

Beth, I was talking with my sister this morning and trying to talk her into taking my garden books. I have dozens of hardcovers and a few paper backed. I would be interested in hearing more details too! Lisa

The following books and magazines are recommended by this forum's users: Sunset magazine and Sunset Western Garden Book "Golden Gate Gardening: The Complete Guide to Year-Round Food Gardening in the San Francisco Bay Area and Coastal California" by Pam Pierce. Published by Sasquatch Books in 1998. The Garden Compass (magazine) Bruce and Sharon Asakawa's California Gardener's Guide Pat Welsh's Southern California Gardening: A Month-By-Month Guide California Gardens: Creating a New Eden by David C. Streatfield Where on Earth: A Guide to Specialty Nurseries and Other Resources for California Gardeners by Nancy Conner, Barbara C. Stevens Northern California Gardening by Katherine Grace Endicott Robert Smaus, a writer for the Los Angeles Times, has written several books. - 52 Weeks in the California Garden - Answers for California Gardeners - Los Angeles Times California Gardening: A Practical Guide to Growing Flowers, Trees, Vegetables, and Fruits - Los Angeles Times Planning and Planting the Garden Trees and Shrubs for Dry California Landscapes: Plants for Water Conservation by Bob Perry Landscape Plants for Western Regions: An Illustrated Guide to Plants for Water Conservation by Bob Perry In Full View: Three Ways of Seeing California Plants by Glenn Keator, et al Complete Garden Guide to the Native Perennials of California by Glenn Keator Complete Garden Guide to the Native Shrubs of California by Glenn Keator Multiple Visions: The Plants of the Marin Headlands by Glenn Keator Growing California Native Plants by Marjorie D. Schmidt Gardening With a Wild Heart: Restoring California's Native Landscapes at Home by Judith Larner Lowry