Earth Day Celebration
Earth Day is Friday, April 22 but you can make Earth Day last all week long by finding ways to reduce, reuse and recycle in your home.Â
Potash Deficiency
A new question dropped into the Ask Gardenerd inbox this week:Â "Lovin' [your] podcast since 2009! Â My soil test recommends 15-0-15 for potash deficiency. Organic sources would be....what?
Lumpy Tangerines are Good Eating
Right now at the Farmers' Market, tasty citrus abounds. Here's the latest post about Golden Nugget Tangerines on Mar Vista's Bounty Hunter:
Growing Grains in Small Spaces
A great question came in to Ask Gardenerd this week:
"I am looking to purchase a variety of grain seeds. Not bulk, not for production? Yet. My goal is start growing and saving seeds from planter pots, as my yard is xeriscaped and I am in the process of trying to sell my home. This way once I move I should have seeds for planting a small scale grain garden for personal use. Where can I find open-pollinated grain seeds that are not planting a whole flappin' acre at a time?"
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Wildflower Hotline
Earth Day is next week, and this week's Tip Of The Week will give you a number of ways to celebrate.
New Tools – Christmas in…April
The tell-tale credit card statement reveals that yours truly has been shopping for gardening tools. It's spring - can you blame me?
While up north at the San Francisco Garden Show I stumbled upon the Lee Valley Tools booth. Oh dear, be still my heart. Before I knew it, my hands were wrapped around a Clarington Forge digging fork. Sturdy, rugged, hand-made, and for those of us who appreciate a good tool when we see one, beautiful. It was the easiest sale of the day. It ...
Gardenerd is Mar Vista’s Bounty Hunter
Gardenerd's Christy Wilhelmi became a columnist for Mar Vista Patch.com this week writing the weekly Farmer's Market report, Mar Vista's Bounty Hunter. If you love the Mar Vista Farmer's Market like we do, you can sign up on Patch.com to get the latest news about what's fresh at the Farmer's Market delivered right to your inbox.
This week's story is all about the strawberries. Even if you don't live in the Los Angeles area, you'll find some great tips about ...
Plant Potatoes
Spring is great for so many things, but it happens to be a great time to plant potatoes! Christy provides potato planting tips in this week's Tip Of The Week!
Growing Kale – Ironman of the Garden
There's a thing that happens when someone discovers kale for the first time. They become addicted to it. Well, maybe not addicted, but if their experience is anything like mine was, they can't get enough of it. My intro to kale was with Esalen's Raw Kale Salad and I've been growing kale ever since.
What kind of kale is best? It depends upon your preference. Many people like the color and texture of Italian kale, also known as Lacinato (laa-chee-nah-toe) or Dinosaur kale, and because it is not ...
The Truth about Seed Balls
You've seen the news clips about seed balls being dispensed from gum ball machines and tossed lazily amongst the weeds in vacant lots, but what ever happens to them? Do they indeed sprout and blossom into beautiful wildflowers? Do they spruce up a desolate parkway in the midst of bustling city life?
I needed to find out for myself. So I bought two packages of seed balls for the Test Garden.
One set of seed balls was designed for hummingbirds, with larkspur, ...