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School Garden

Gardenerd.com has partnered with the Woolly Pocket Company and School Nutrition Plus to create a pilot program for school gardens that not only integrates the garden into the curriculum, but gives the children something to take into the cafeteria too! Over the last two days we converted an abandoned garden area on the campus of Santa Monica Blvd. Community Charter School into a revitalized growing space that includes a vertical garden!

We started with weeds, old raised beds, tired soil and lots of odds and ends (we even found a shoe). There was a lemon tree starving for sunlight ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:August 6, 2009
Post category:What's Growin' On
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Home Made Mozzarella

Since the garden is pretty much doing its own thing these days, we tend for focus more on the bounty of the harvest than the growing of plants (which is just as exciting anyway).

Post author:Christy
Post published:July 22, 2009
Post category:Blog What's Growin' On
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Gardenerd in The Ray Magazine

It's official. Gardenerd's Christy Wilhelmi is a columnist! You'll find a quarterly column on gardening, called Take It Outside, featured in the newly revamped The Ray Magazine.

A little about The Ray: Statistics show that most women feel worse about themselves after reading "womens magazines". The Ray Magazine has set out to change that! You can subscribe to this unique magazine that nurtures a healthy self-image for women by visiting the website or finding a copy in Los Angeles outside of Whole Foods.

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Look for Christy's column, ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:July 21, 2009
Post category:What's Growin' On
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What’s Working…and Not Working

This season has been an interesting one. I've had luck this year with plants I've tried (and failed) to grow for the past 11 years. At the same time, I've…

Post author:Christy
Post published:July 14, 2009
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First Summer Harvest

Even though we've been harvesting squash for awhile now (see "Zucchini Anyone?"), it doesn't really feel like a summer harvest until the tomatoes start showing up. This week, it's official! They're red and ready to start pickin' at the Gardenerd test garden.

Although, to say that they're red would be discriminatory. These heirloom tomatoes are ripening in nearly every color of the rainbow. Red is almost passe with all the delectable heirloom options out there.

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Post author:Christy
Post published:July 8, 2009
Post category:What's Growin' On
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Zucchini Anyone?

Often when people leave for vacation, they experience a pleasant surprise of a thriving garden when they return (as long as it's being watered while they're gone). My clients often report that just a week away produces a huge growth spurt in their gardens. I've had this experience myself.

Recently though, I'd like to say that I went away on vacation, but the truth is I just got lazy and didn't check in on the zucchini for a few days. Oops...

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Post author:Christy
Post published:July 7, 2009
Post category:What's Growin' On
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Swiss Chard Frittata – by Rose Elliot

In a rush to find a main dish to serve impromptu family dinner guests, I tried a new recipe the other night from one of my favorite cookbooks - Vegetarian Fast Food, by Rose Elliot. Time and time again this woman comes to my rescue with ideas for my excessive supply of whatever vegetable I have on hand at the time. Everything in this particular cookbook promises to be prepared in 30 minutes or less. My kind of meal!

Since the chard is still going strong from a year ago, we have a plentiful supply almost all ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:July 2, 2009
Post category:What's Growin' On
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Gardenerd’s Chard on Good Food

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Post author:Christy
Post published:June 26, 2009
Post category:What's Growin' On
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Huntington Revisited

As a guilty pleasure, or let's say...a business expense, I renewed my long-lost membership to the Huntington Library and Gardens this spring. I haven't been in years (since gas prices went up - it's a bit of a drive to get there from where I live). In fact, I hadn't been back since the Huntington opened their Chinese and Children's' Gardens. I was really looking forward to seeing the "new to me" installations, and sauntering through the rose garden and other old stomping grounds.

Let me tell you, it didn't disappoint. My first stop was the Shakespeare Garden, which ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:June 25, 2009
Post category:What's Growin' On
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Gardenerd Joins Technorati

Gardenerd just joined Technorati, which collects, highlights and distributes online global conversations.

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Post author:Christy
Post published:June 19, 2009
Post category:What's Growin' On
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