Jeanette Marantos began writing for the Los Angeles Times in 1999, doing Money Makeovers until 2002. She returned to writing for The Times' Homicide Report in 2015 and for the Saturday Garden section in 2016, a yin and yang that kept her perspective in balance . In early 2020, she moved full-time to Features, focusing on all things flora. She is a native of Southern California and spent more than 20 years in central Washington as a daily reporter, columnist, freelancer and mother before returning to the land of eucalyptus and sage. Her current goal is to transform her garden into an oasis of native plants, fruit trees and vegetables.
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