What Wood Would You Use?

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A gardener wrote in this week:

"Hi there - I SO enjoy your newsletters and info! I have a question - we
are making containers to grow vegetables. At first my dad thought
pressure treated because it will last longer on the island where we live -
but I said no way!  They use pesticides to treat the wood and that
defeats the whole purpose!!  Do you have any suggestions?  Would cedar be
good?  Do you know anyplace that has pre-fab ones?  Also - what should we
use for soil and fertilizer?  I want our veggies to be ...

Read more about the article Squash Bonanza

Squash Bonanza

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It appears that the zucchini and Bennings Green Tint patty pan squash have officially kicked into high gear - and it's not even summer yet!  This is a crucial time - when one needs to visit the garden every day, lest there be a monster squash discovered after a few days away from the garden.  So far, so good.  We're catching the summer squash early and picking them young.  Now to find recipes...


I have a favorite recipe for zucchini, but you
might want to save it for when your sick of zucchini, because when
you're done with this ...

Flying Green Things

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A new question came in to Ask Gardenerd:

"Hi, I'm an organic gardener growing my own food in Hollywood. I have a
well-established herb garden, but all of the sudden my herbs seem to be
infested with teeny tiny green flying insects that swarm around when I
shake the plants. They seem most attracted to my woody herbs (rosemary,
oregano, thyme) but are also in my mint. Any idea what they are and
what I can use to reclaim my crops? Thanks."

Those flying green things are most likely one of the many varieties of aphids on our ...

Read more about the article Late Spring Harvest

Late Spring Harvest

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With a tiny bit of rain drizzling down this morning, I harvested a few things from the garden.  It's very exciting on a number of levels. 

The first requires a little story: I didn't plant eggplant this year - I planted it last year.  It was attacked by flea beetles early on and in fall when the time came to clear the raised bed, I decided to leave the plants because they were showing signs of new growth.  So they overwintered, and when spring came they had grown to a very respectable size.  Then they flowered and set ...

What’s Growing in Your Garden?

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I've been getting some feedback from fellow gardenerds lately about what's growin' on in their gardens this spring.  I thought I'd post it and invite you to share what's working or not working in your garden this year as well.

"Our garden is really blooming.  My mom
gave Ronnie an upside-down tomato plant for Christmas.  He planted that
about 2 months ago.  One day it all of a sudden exploded.  The plant
grows out the bottom and up around the 'cage'.  Within a few hours it
had grown almost to the top of that cage.  There are several flowers on
it now ...

Gardenerd on Good Food Blog

Continue ReadingGardenerd on Good Food Blog

I've been a fan of Good Food, a weekend radio show on KCRW, for years.  In fact, I'm a lazy podcaster - I only download two podcasts and one of them is Good Food.  Imagine my delight when I was asked to write an article for the Good Food Blog!  Here is the May 21, 2009 post: De-mystifying Asparagus. FYI - the pictures included with the blog are from our asparagus patch in the Gardenerd Teaching Garden. Enjoy!

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