Patch.com: Dairy Goddess Comes to Town
The latest post from Mar Vista's Bounty Hunter is available for viewing. Find out more about a great new farmstead cheese maker who's living the dream.
The Dairy Goddess Comes to Mar Vista
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Harvesting Onions
This week's Tip Of The Week explores the similarities and differences between harvesting onions vs. garlic or shallots.
Harvesting Romano Beans
There's something romantic about Romano beans. Maybe it's the history, being associated with Italy, or maybe it's the fantasy of standing on a terrace with a platter of grapes and Parmigiano-Reggiano, overlooking a Tuscan vineyard.
Romano beans are typically grown to be eaten fresh, as a flat bean. If picked when tender, they snap and add sweetness to classic dishes like braised beans and cool, summer salads.
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2012 Olympic Gardening Events
The 2012 Summer Olympics, with all of its pageantry and intense competition, runs the gamut featuring "26 sports and a total of 39 disciplines," according to Wikipedia. But we feel that the Olympic Committee has left a few important garden-related sporting events out of the competition this year. Perhaps we'll see one of these Top 5 Gardening Events at the Olympics next time in Rio:
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Bats in Your Belfry
By installing a bat house on the side of a building or up on a pole, you can invite bats to take up residence, and work to control pests in your garden.
Do You Bokashi? – Part 3
Mark Rainville is back to finish his series on making bokashi. In today's post, find out how to use this great fertilizer/compost to grow a thriving garden. Back to you, Mark...
In the previous two posts we discussed the history behind bokashi, described a basic definition, and explained the process of mixing bokashi bran. In this post we will ...
New Garden: The Modern Parallelogram
A new client called to inquire about putting in a vegetable garden for her 2 1/2 year old son, who suffers from food allergies. She and her husband wanted to start growing the vegetables that he could eat and teach him where food comes from.
Their modern home, designed and built by Jesse Bornstein Architecture, lent itself to clean lines and angles. As always, we wanted to design the garden to tie in with the ...
Got Mulch?
Putting down a layer of mulch (that being anything organic – leaves, wood chips, etc.) at least 3 inches thick will trap moisture in the soil and help keep it there.
Saving Kale Seeds
Most gardeners are lucky if their kale plants last through the summer. We've been blessed with a Lacinato kale that has been growing for over a year and a half. It's a magic plant; it survived cut worms, it resisted powdery mildew, and it never, ever got aphids. We're definitely saving seeds from this plant.
Now over 10 feet tall, and listing to one side, the time has come to pull the plant (before it decapitates someone when it falls). ...
Save Our Citrus
The deadly disease the Citrus Psylid carries, Huanglongbing (HLB), continues to be a threat in California. This week's tip of the week tells you how you can help!