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Read more about the article Review: The Spirit of Stone
The Spirit of Stone shares design ideas for home gardeners.

Review: The Spirit of Stone

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The Spirit of Stone by Jan Johnsen takes a look at stone from both the aesthetic and functional perspective. The author uses her own 30+ years of experience in landscaping to share hardscape ideas for home gardeners. Boulders can be used as decorative accents, flagstone as pathways, and gravel as a zen garden. But before Johnsen gets to any of that, she explores an almost spiritual connection with stone. Chapter 1 reads like a satisfying interview, tying details to ancient…

Read more about the article Contest: America’s Best Gardener
Seedlingers makes biodegradable pots and all-natural fertilizers.

Contest: America’s Best Gardener

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Want to win $10,000? Sign up to participate in the 2017 ‘America’s Best Gardener’ Contest. The 2017 ‘America’s Best Gardener’ contest, presented by Seedlingers, will be working with garden writers from around the United States (including yours truly) to select and award more than $50,000 in cash and prizes to gardeners in three categories. Here's the official press release: This Spring, the America’s Best Gardener™ Contest will open the nationwide search for America’s Best Gardener in three categories - Best…

Read more about the article Recipe: Rhubarb Compote
Rhubarb compote on crackers or toast or home made bread or...

Recipe: Rhubarb Compote

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Rhubarb is known for being the first vegetable ready to harvest from the spring garden. Well before strawberries or other sweet fruits are available to make jam, rhubarb stands tall, awaiting your imagination. As a first-timer, I had no idea what to do with it, so I found this simple recipe for Rhubarb Compote that can be made it under 20 minutes. Rhubarb Compote by Sondi Bruner Ingredients: 4 small stalks of rhubarb, chopped (perfect! Exactly what we had on…

Read more about the article YouTube: Wildflowers for Bees
Bee on a cardoon

YouTube: Wildflowers for Bees

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This week's YouTube video shares tips about what wildflowers to grow to encourage and feed bees and other pollinators in your garden. Wildflowers are easy to grow, most of the time you just scatter seeds before a rain comes and wait. They also re-seed themselves year after year, so the whole endeavor requires minimal effort. Wildflower seed blends are available through many native plant societies or seed catalogs. Just pick the varieties that grow well in your region. Try to…

Read more about the article Wordless Wednesday: Spring Cometh
At last! A Winnetka Purple artichoke emerges from the plant. We started this from seeds from the Seed Library of Los Angeles. It worked!

Wordless Wednesday: Spring Cometh

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It's transition time as spring nudges gardeners into action. Winter crops are finishing up, making room for warm and hot-weather crops here in Los Angeles. While other parts of the country are still knee-deep in snow, we're well into the season by now. There's no rest for the year-round gardener. What's growing in your garden (or indoors at this point)? Share your list below.

Read more about the article Spring Seed Favorites for 2017
Tesuque is the traditional pepper used for making chili powder in New Mexico.

Spring Seed Favorites for 2017

Continue ReadingSpring Seed Favorites for 2017

Oh, the gardenerd's dilemma. So many seeds, so little space. We're not here to help, we're here to commiserate. In fact, we're here to feed the monster. Here are our seed favorites for 2017: Seed Favorites for 2017 Blue Jade Corn Blue Jade Corn seeds can be grown in containers! Small-space gardeners need corn, and Blue Jade is one of the few sweet corn varieties that can be grown in containers. Be sure to plant enough for pollination (3x3 block)…

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