Our guest this morning is the incomparable Claire Splan, locally based gardening enthusiast, lecturer and author of a new book California Month-by-Month Gardening: What to Do Each Month to Have a Beautiful Garden All Year .

She spent half an hour talking about the idea of gardening in different areas, on a month-by-month guided basis using her book; its' tips help home gardeners to set up a gardening system in their yards throughout the year.