Keep Squirrels off My Fruit Trees
Squirrels will take a bite out of every single piece of fruit on your nectarine tree if they can. Here are some tips to keep them from getting their in…
Honey Nut from Renee's Seeds
New Seed Favorites for 2015
Now that we've finished combing through the pile of seed catalogs that came in the mail over the holidays, we've made our list of new seeds we'll be planting this…
Rosalind broccoli ready to harvest
When to Harvest Broccoli?
I get this question all the time: how do you know when broccoli is ready to harvest? The answer is in your fingertips. You can tell when to harvest broccoli…
Make your own Seed Tape
This tip comes from Organic Gardening magazine and Jeff Cox’s book 100 Greatest Gardening Ideas.
Seed heads start to emerge from grassy stalks.
Growing White Sonora Wheat
Every year we experiment with growing a new grain, not only to enjoy it in the kitchen, but to generate biomass for the compost bin. This year we chose White…
Ours was #17. Would we win?
Field Trip: Honey Tasting Competition
You would never know how different honey can taste from hive to hive until you've tasted a few samples side by side. It's astounding, really. The flavor profiles range from…
National Pie Day
Take a look at some of our favorite winter pie recipies for Nation Pie Day.
Keeled Treehopper
Keeled treehoppers are sucking insects belonging to the same order as aphids. They use sharp mouthparts to pierce plant tissue and suck the life out of a plant over time.
Fertile soil meant abundant harvests for trade.
Gardens of Pompeii
I had the privilege of visiting the California Science Center to see the Pompeii exhibit over the holidays, where I saw ancient ruins preserved in ash from the massive eruption…
Nectarines, plums and other stone fruits await your creative touch this summer.
Chill Hours: Choosing the Right Fruit Tree
A question came in to Ask Gardenerd this week about fruit trees: "What peaches grow best and are most flavorful in Mar Vista? Also what types of plums/pluots? I live…