[quote=briansd1]
Gardening in Southern California is different from other places. You need to prepare the soil in advance of planting. [/quote]

Brian, I’ve lived in at least 10 different states in a wide variety of regions. I had to prepare the soil in every one of them. I’ve had friends in some places who claimed that they didn’t have to, and three months later they were complaining about the quality of their produce, or the lack of late summer blooms on their flowering plants.

[quote=briansd1] I do think that gardening is a lost art. People find it easier to to go the supermarket. [/quote]

That is true. But I also think that there’s a large number of Americans who don’t incorporate fruits and vegetables in their diets.

It can be extraordinarily time-consuming. Also, it is very labor-intensive, and people seem to be less willing to do it here in the east because we don’t have the growing season y’all do in CA.