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Woolly School Gardens Needs Your Vote!

Yes, Woolly School Gardens needs your vote, and I'll tell you about that in just a minute, but first a little story:

On Tuesday, June 1st, I had the opportunity to help install two Woolly School Gardens at two neighboring schools in downtown Los Angeles. Together with a team of Woolly gardeners, we filled Pockets with soil and planted food gardens for students to enjoy. We planted herbs like sage, chives (which some of the kids pronounced chee-vess), thyme, basil, rosemary and ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:June 3, 2010
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Growing Brown Mustard Seeds

Last fall 2009, I planted brown mustard seed as an experiment in the test garden. I wanted to see how much seed I would get for my favorite Indian food dishes from growing seed in 7 square feet. After the birds got their share of sprouts, I ended up with 7 or 8 plants that grew to fruition. I've waited until the harvest this spring to share the process with you.

The mustard ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:May 26, 2010
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Lightning in a Bottle 2010 – Sustainability, Music, Art, Good Times

Lightning in a Bottle is a festival that might be hard to describe. Some say that it's Burning Man with less dust, while others say that it's enchantment in a perfect blend of music, art, and funky people enjoying the outdoors. My experience of Lightning in a Bottle (back in 2008) was most profound in meeting a collection of forward-thinking people out to save the world with big new ideas.

This year, ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:May 19, 2010
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Paying Your Gardening Skills Forward – by guest blogger Greg Holdsworth

Awhile ago, when I referenced a really cool article about using household supplies in your garden, I heard from the author himself, Greg Holdsworth of Plano, Texas. Since then we've been trading emails and sharing cool garden stuff. I asked Greg to be a guest blogger some day and he just sent me his latest publication. He's got some really good ideas to share here. Take ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:May 18, 2010
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Dill You Be Mine?

Once again, it's confession time. I've killed a lot of dill in my day. You name it - transplants, from seed, little hopeful plugs - I've killed them all. I was beginning to wonder if dill was just a houseplant in disguise (I can't keep those alive either), but new hope has sprung from the garden this year. From everything I've read, dill grows best when directly seeded in the garden. I've done that, but the little bugs have always…

Post author:Christy
Post published:May 6, 2010
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Gardenerd at the LA Garden Show this weekend

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 ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:April 30, 2010
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Dragon Tongue Beans

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 ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:April 27, 2010
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Woolly Pocket Wall Garden

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, ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:April 22, 2010
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2010 Gardens of Gratitude

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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Post author:Christy
Post published:April 15, 2010
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Biointensive Workshop at Ocean View Farms This Saturday!

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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Post author:Christy
Post published:April 15, 2010
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