Local: Culver City Garden Show – This Saturday!
Attention Angelinos: Come to the Culver City Garden Show this weekend to get your fill of everything gardening! Christy will be the keynote speaker on Saturday, June 21 at 1:30…
YouTube: Tomato Tricks for Growing in Small Spaces
Our latest YouTube video shares tomato tricks for growing in small spaces. We're happy to share our strategies for getting the most from your tomato bed this year.
Mittens patrols the garden
Wordless Wednesday: A Garden’s Progress
Part of the joy of gardening is watching the garden's progress. Here's some inspiration from Gardenerd HQ as the garden progresses this summer.
YouTube: Cool Cucumber Varieties to Grow
Our latest YouTube video shares cool cucumber varieties to grow this season. You won't find these varieties at the grocery store, but you can grow them at home every year.
Residents hang out in the garden now that it is a destination.
Design: Condo Courtyard Abundant Garden
Back in January 2025, I met with a group of residents who wanted to transform their condo courtyard into a thriving vegetable garden. It had tired soil, no irrigation, and…
Grow an abundance of basil in 4 square feet or less.
YouTube: Grow a Year’s Supply of Basil in 4 Square Feet or Less
In our latest YouTube video, we share how to grow an abundant supply of basil in 4 square feet or less. It's enough to make at least 10 jars of pesto for the freezer.
More immediate gratification - blackberries are ripening every day.
Wordless Wednesday – Impatient Gardening
With most of the garden planted, now is a time of impatient gardening. Here is some inspiration while you wait (and plant more crops).
YouTube: How to Pick Blackberries at their Sweetest
Our latest video shares 4 things to look for to pick blackberries at their sweetest. Christy shares the signs of ripeness so you can have sweeter berries grown at home.
YouTube: BioIntensive Lima Beans – Grow Like a Pro
This week's YouTube video shows you how to grow lima beans like a pro - biointensively! Get a bigger harvest from small spaces when you plant them using our spacing method.
First harvest of the season
Recipe: How to Cook Artichokes Fast!
Cook artichokes fast. The idea of steaming these perennial flower buds for 45 minutes is not appealing to me. But when you use a pressure cooker, you cut the time to minutes.