In her delightful book, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver wrote about planning an entire season ahead for a party that would feature a meal prepared from the garden. She worried that there wouldn't be enough food, or that the plants wouldn't be mature enough in time. This Mother's Day, we took a lesson from Barbara and planned a brunch that not only took place in the garden, but was ...
This May 6-12, the US Composting Council is encouraging everyone to start a compost pile at home or school. Find a composting activity to celebrate!
It's that time of year when gardens are looking their best and neighborhood garden tours abound. Here in Los Angeles, we finished up our own participation in the Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase and last weekend we set out on foot to explore the homes on the Venice Garden Tour. Here is our quick photo review:
Ever since the Venice Garden Tour combined with the Venice Home Tour, the ...
This week Gardenerd got a mention on a local L.A. chef's website. Find out a little bit more about her adventures with seed bombs (a guerrilla gardening staple) and while you're there check out Pace's monthly supper club.
Flower Bombs in the City
P.S. don't forget to water those seed bombs regularly, or they'll just bomb.
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The latest post from Mar Vista's Bounty Hunter is live and in action at Patch.com. Learn all about Urban Green, an amazing program that educates and provides fresh produce in food deserts:
Urban Green Grows Great Grub
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Meet the owners of Inn Serendipity who are farmsteadtarians, eating as much as possible from their own gardens, community and, when necessary, from carefully selected sources.
Every once in a while, instead of instilling calm and comfort, the garden promotes panic. Such is the case when I discovered that my heirloom Black Aztec sweet corn was starting to send out tassels.
The problem is not that it is tasseling, but rather that it is tasseling now - while the stalks are only 2 feet tall. What's going on here?
Black Aztec sweet corn gets a jump on ...
A question came into Ask Gardenerd this week:
"Hi!, In my garden my cabbage is being infested with these white bugs that look like they fly....I have taken out a couple of my plants that look destroyed but still have more in the ground, also my Brussels sprouts have them too! I have used spinosad organic killer and I am concerned it will get on my other crops.....what do you recommend?? Thank You!!! Jill"
You're not alone Jill. Many people ...
With the arrival of spring and the recent celebration of Earth Day, we’re taking some time to clear out unused items to either repurpose them or give them away.
Just like gardening, where you mostly learn as you grow, chicken keeping is proving to have the same learning curve. Polly the Barred Rock in particular, has kept us on our toes this week.
At first, we thought she might be a 'he', since her legs and feet began to look much thicker than her sisters. It's not entirely uncommon to discover your hen is a rooster if her comb changes color or the legs thicken up (or ...