It's that time of year - garden tours (like the Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase last weekend, and the Venice Garden Tour this weekend), and garden shows abound. This weekend, April 30, May 1 & 2, we are participating with a Gardenerd booth at the LA Garden Show at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Gardens.
There are plenty of things to see and do at the Garden Show, including design ...
A while back I mentioned that I was planting a new heirloom variety that I'd never grown before. Well, today the first harvest of said heirloom plants. Dragon tongue beans are making quite a show in the garden, right next to the ...
If you've got aphids shacking up in your broccoli, use this trick to evict them.
A new question came in this week:
"This is my first garden and I have a picket fence. Is this good enough protection from intruders? Also, do I need to plant my seeds in trays first or can I put them directly in the ground?, Thank you from Jackson, MI., Theresa, P.S. I loved your braiding the garlic video. great job. I think i will grow garlic also."
Thanks Theresa, we had fun putting that garlic braiding video together. Now, about your picket fence...
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In preparation for this weekend's Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase, I wanted to create a display that demonstrates how wall gardens are yet another way to grow food in small spaces. So I took up the challenge of figuring out how to hang Woolly Pockets on my backyard fence that is completely destroyed by termites and is hanging on by wishful thinking and wire.
Ordinarily Woolly Pockets can be attached to any wall, ...
Use this Aussie trick for keeping aphids at bay.
It's almost time for the 2nd Annual Gardens of Gratitude event. It takes place on April 24th and 25th, 2010 in Los Angeles, and if you have a space that you want to transform into a vegetable garden, this is your chance to get help from your community (not to mention compost, advice, and a chance to make new friends).
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If you've ever wanted to take the Small Space and Container Gardening Class that we offer in our Gardenerd Organic Gardening Series, but haven't been able to make it, you can come get similar information this Saturday for FREE. I'll be speaking at Ocean View Farms organic community garden on Saturday, April 17, from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. about many different methods of growing a lot of stuff in a little bit of space.
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Keep your spring seed collection safe and viable for next year's crop with this week's tip.
Oh sure, I've got plenty of growing space in my raised beds, but sometimes that's just not enough. Sometimes you have to take over the place.
I feel like a warrior -- or maybe a gold rush prospector; I've just made a minor land-grab in my own back yard.
Let me e'splain: I met up with Conor Fitzpatrick on the last day of Tomatomania, where I ...