Heirloom Expo
Fall garden planning, seed starting, and the Heirloom Expo
Not so foreign, but I'd never seen a quince in person before.
Field Trip: Little Farm in Encino, CA
We're about to take you on a journey to a magical place; a place where tropical and rare fruits grow in abundance, where grapevines climb arbors, where goats, chickens, rabbits…
Ants on my Blackberries and Citrus
Getting rid of ants and the pests they may bring.
Fresh sage is fragrant and adds earthy flavor to fall and winter dishes.
Harvesting Sage
I have a confession to make. I've never really been able to keep culinary sage alive, even though it's a perennial. Therefore I've had very little experience with harvesting sage,…
sliced zucchini
Recipe: Zucchini Quinoa Lasagna
This week, we continue our efforts to provide interesting meal ideas with the abundance of zucchini coming in from the garden. Are you sick of it yet? Hopefully not, because…
Ask Gardenerd: Tree Roots in my Garden
A great question came in this week to Ask Gardenerd: "It's Yvette from Mar Vista!!! I have a BURNING QUESTION!!! We have a big big rainbow eucalyptus tree in our…
An Entirely Flattering Open Letter To Steve Martin
(Fellow gardenerd, forgive my use of this platform to express what appears to be unrelated subject matter, but it's something I have to do. We will return to our regularly…
Prune rosemary after it finishes flowering
Summer Pruning
These Dog Days of summer are challenging. It's too hot to plant or work in the garden, but garden is starting to look ragged as plants near the end of…