Living the Green Life
Kathleen Jacecko, founder of TeachingGreen.org, has been educating children and adults about living lightly upon the earth through her presentation on sustainable living.
Edible Westside: Summer 2012 Sow, Plant, Eat Guide
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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Home Grown Meal: Poached Eggs with Asparagus
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 ...
Ask Gardenerd: Why Won’t My Plants Grow?
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 ...
Shake, Water and Roll
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.
New Organic Farmers at MV Farmers’ Market
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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Ask Gardenerd: Save Seeds …then what?
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. ...
Basil in Abundance
Summer has arrived early it seems, with the first clear indicator being the garden's bountiful offering of basil.
Toxic Gardening Equipment
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.
Harvesting Blackberries – Very Carefully
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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