The newest Edible Westside Magazine just hit the news stands, and Gardenerd's Sow, Plant Eat Guide is included. Pick up your copy at Whole Foods and other find food locations around Los Angeles, or take a gander at the digital copy here. (Note: the link works best in Chrome):
Sow, Plant, Eat - Edible Westside Summer 2012
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Have you ever tried to replicate a restaurant meal at home? It's part adventure, part science project around here. In our effort to eat from the garden as much as possible, we attempted to re-create, or at least give a nod to, the Poached Eggs and Asparagus dish on Venice Beach's GJelina brunch menu. Here's how that went.
Let me start by saying that I've never poached an egg ...
A familiar question arrived in the Ask Gardenerd Inbox this week:
"Hi Gardenerd! It's been slow getting started with my garden because my life has been chaotic for a while. Anyway, I started some seedlings inside and potted them in small pots outside and some in a long box but they haven't grown, they still look like seedlings for two months now, and my broccoli raab, red kale, and red romaine wouldn't grow past four or five inches. I'm so discouraged but my sister ...
You can also increase your chances for happy fruit and roots by rolling out red plastic mulch at the base of each plant. Find more tips for tomato care on the Gardenerd website.
This one is for you locals out there. We've got three new vendors at the Mar Vista Farmers' Market. Learn about each one and what they have to offer.
New Farmers Come to Mar Vista Farmers' Market
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I love these kinds of questions:
"I was unable to attend to my garden for a few weeks and some of my chard, salad greens and cilantro plants shot up and are close to flowering. I've never collected seeds before, but I'll try. What do I do with the plants afterwards? Keep or remove them? Thanks, Nazie"
Nazie, thanks for writing in. Before we talk about what to do with the plants, let's start with a few seed saving tips. ...
Summer has arrived early it seems, with the first clear indicator being the garden's bountiful offering of basil.
A recent article in the Huffington Post revealed a study conducted by Ecology Center, which analyzed 179 common garden products for toxic levels of BPAs, heavy metals and other contaminates. The results were pretty telling.
Here is Southern California the cane berries are ripening. We planted a cutting last year, and the reward has been sweet so far. We've been nibbling on a few blackberries each day.
The question always comes up: How do you know when to harvest? Here is a simple primer.
Blackberries produce fruit on second-year canes
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The concept of a Three Sisters Garden is romantic. A Native American tradition of growing corn, beans and squash together has traveled through the centuries and still remains a viable planting method for these hot weather crops. But what happens when it doesn't turn out picture perfect? Let me tell you.
Our Three Sisters Garden started off with a whimper, with the heirloom Black Aztec sweet corn...