Lisa Mattfield stands in the middle of her garden by a row of pole beans she is letting dry out naturally in the sun. When the beans and outer husk are dry, she can shell them and use the dried beans for cooking or for planting.
A banner hung over the entrance to Lisa Mattfield's garden is intended to confuse deer and keep them from jumping the short wooden fence. While it's kept the deer at bay, it hasn't done much to deter a particular black bear that breaks into her garden routinely to eat apples from her trees.
A species of lilies from India bloom in one corner of Lisa Mattfield's gardens. These flowers look drab and weedy until this time of year, she says, and then they are one of the few blooming plants providing any color.
Lisa Mattfield stands in the middle of her garden by a row of pole beans she is letting dry out naturally in the sun. When the beans and outer husk are dry, she can shell them and use the dried beans for cooking or for planting.
A banner hung over the entrance to Lisa Mattfield's garden is intended to confuse deer and keep them from jumping the short wooden fence. While it's kept the deer at bay, it hasn't done much to deter a particular black bear that breaks into her garden routinely to eat apples from her trees.
A species of lilies from India bloom in one corner of Lisa Mattfield's gardens. These flowers look drab and weedy until this time of year, she says, and then they are one of the few blooming plants providing any color.
OCEAN PARK — Long-time Peninsula resident Lisa Mattfield is known for her expertise about gardening in our cool and sandy homeland. Today she answers questions about her gardening philosophy and season issues.
Q: A visitor described your Ocean Park garden as “a young food forest.” Is that an apt description, and what does it mean?
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