Victory Gardenerd on ABC News: Nightline
If you missed the show last night, Gardenerd was featured on ABC News: Nightline in a segment on Victory Gardens. Check it out here: The television crew asked to…
Eco-Farm in Santa Cruz
Back in January, during our California Adventure trip, we spent a day on campus at University of California, Santa Cruz.
Television Shoot for Gardenerd
Today was an unusual day. I got up and put on makeup. That doesn't happen much these days, since the broccoli doesn't care how I look in the morning. The reason for the makeup was because in an hour or so, four guys and a camera were going to be staring me in the face. ABC News: Nightline was coming to shoot a segment on Victory Gardens.
We started out visiting a garden that belongs to one of my clients. Tommy Rosen (whose garden was recently featured on the Gardenerd Blog) was in full force. He ...
Kids’ Garden Article on Low Impact Living.com
It's been busy around here at Gardenerd.com. Today a new article I wrote for Low Impact Living.com appeared on their blog. It features quick tips for starting a garden with your children. Check it out here:
http://www.lowimpactliving.com/blog/2009/02/05/a-spring-garden-for-kids/
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Eco-Fabulous Garden
In December Gardenerd participated in the Eco-Gift Festival. The founder of Eco-Gift, Tommy Rosen, and his lovely wife Kia asked me to build them the vegetable garden of their dreams. After some discussion, we decided what that dream should look like and then we began.
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Valentine’s Day Redeux
I know this one won't sit well with those in the floral industry, but I had to share this video that came across my desk. Ben at Windowbox.com sent it my way. It offers an alternative to the traditional Valentine's gift. Please enjoy the True Story of Cut Flowers:
The True Story of Cut Flowers
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The Gardens of Esalen
We took a trip up the coast, our California Adventure we called it, through San Luis Obispo, Big Sur, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, and then we visited Napa before heading down Interstate 5 to get home. We were blessed with the most beautiful weather, the kind, as my husband says, that explains the reason for high real estate prices.
We saw monarch butterflies fluttering in the trees and elephant seals basking in the sunshine along the shore. It seemed to be a good time for all things natural. The gardens were no exception. We spent 3 days at ...
Winter Harvest
After being gone for 10 days up the coast of California during what could be called the most beautiful summer-like winter weather Northern California has ever seen, my husband and I have returned to find the gardens thriving. Some veggies are just coming into fullness, while others - like the Osaka Purple Mustard - are finishing up. We came home to find a bright yellow flower shooting out the top of overgrown mustard greens (we couldn't possibly have kept up with the production of those giant leaves). We also found tiny, bright white, waxy cauliflower heads starting to ...
LA Times Article on Victory Gardens
For those like me who don't get the paper, here is the recent article by Mary MacVean on the resurgence of Victory Gardens in Los Angeles. It appeared in the Saturday, January 10th edition of the Home and Garden section of the Times. Enjoy!
http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-victory10-2009jan10,0,7167635.story ...
Santa Monica Mirror Article
And now for a moment of shameless self-promotion:
http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=9299
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