Sprout It!
There's a new gardening app to help you as you garden and it's gardenerd friendly.
Hot weather crops get the sunniest part of the garden
Tiny But Mighty Venice Garden Makeover
Those who are familiar with Venice Beach, CA know that it's a great place to live, but the lots are tiny. Finding a place to garden is challenging and finding…
Bee on a cardoon
Field Trip: Edible Garden at Natural History Museum
Amongst the dinosaur bones, fossils, and taxidermy, there is a beautiful reason to step outside at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, CA: the Edible Garden (or Home Garden…
Propagating Lavender
Want lavender growing in your yard? Save money by propagating lavendar.
Zucchini 500
Annual zucchini-based racing event that gives kids permission to play with their food.
Tassels can appear to be many shades, from purple to white
The Birds and the Bees: Corn Sex
It happens every day. Plants send up flowers, bees pollinate them and vegetables are born. But corn has its own way to doing things, bees not included. So how exactly…
Poona Kheera cucumbers start out green and spiky.
Growing Poona Kheera Cucumbers
With Monsanto's renegade GMO wheat in the news, the importance of growing and preserving heirloom and open pollinated seed is even more evident. Every year we plant and heirloom we've…
Puckered Pepper Leaves
Last week in the garden I noticed that some of the newer leaves on my tomatoes and peppers were puckering and misshapen. At first glance I thought maybe spider mites,…
Finished product - shelf stable green onions
Preserving Green Onions
No matter how we try to use up green onions from the garden, we always end up either with too many in the fridge or overgrown, leek-sized onions taking up…
Gardenerds Evan Kleiman and Christy Wilhelmi
Gardenerd on Good Food
And now for a moment of shameless self-promotion... For those who missed it, I was a guest on 89.9 KCRW's Good Food with Evan Kleiman on June 1, 2013. It…