I've been a bit paralyzed by all the different outreach efforts and options to donate to Haiti, and I find it difficult to sort out what's legit and what's not. So because of that, I haven't felt strongly about one avenue or another for helping the Haitians recover from the disastrous earthquake that has left so many without homes or infrastructure. Until today.
I've been trying to sell my extra ...
As a birthday present to myself, I purchased some redwood seed flats from Bountiful Gardens, the home of Ecology Action in Willits, CA. These redwood seed flats allow gardeners to start seeds very close together without the occasionally tedious limitation of trays with cells. These open "half flats" (which I purchased instead of the full size flats that are twice as large and twice as heavy) can hold up to 87 seedlings in the same amount of space ...
Several years ago, when I started getting serious about Gardenerd, I met Billy Goodnick. Billy is a fellow gardenerd in Santa Barbara with... well, let's just say a lot of experience in the realm of landscaping and gardening. He was so supportive of me branching out of my own, and we kept in touch ever since.
Now, Billy has scored the coolest job writing for Fine Gardening Magazine's blog. Get this - Fine Gardening hired him because they saw ...
During the Go Green Expo on the weekend of January 22-24, 2010, Gardenerd.com got a little media attention. Cindy Dole of Home Wizards was at the Go Green Expo interviewing a few people about their efforts to help green the planet. I was delighted to be invited to her booth for an interview.
On a side note, there was a terrific couple who happened to be driving around listening to the radio that afternoon. When they heard the interview,
We're heading into our first (and most likely only) trade show of the year. You can come visit the Gardenerd.com booth, #106, to get your burning gardening questions answered, enter for a chance to win an Ultimate Garden Bag, and pick up some of your favorite Gardenerd Gear at ...
In an attempt to attend more garden-related events and workshops this year (call it a New Year's resolution, but with more pleasure involved), I set out on Saturday for a Hypertufa workshop with Steve Garischer of Larkspur Garden Designs at the Theodore Paine Foundation.
Hyper-who-huh?
Let me e'splain: Tufa is a sedimentary rock similar to travertine that can be carved into paving stones, planters, urns and such. it is very expensive and very heavy. ...
Santa was very good to me this year. I got the Worm Factory that I wished for, and we couldn't wait to move our worms to their new home. My husband and I carefully read through the instructions that were included with the Factory and found it very informative - above and beyond the usual information that you might see in a vermiculture pamphlet.
We assembled the unit, and then moved on ...
Before we launch into a new year, I want to share another aspect of the Grow BioIntensive workshop that I took in Willits last month. It isn't really about the workshop, but about the drive back home.
I am of the ilk that, as an important part of the traveling experience, one must buy what is made locally when traveling through a region - like picking up some lavender oil while in Provence, or grabbing some balsamic vinegar ...
After a few days of rain, the garden is basically on autopilot. There's no need to water, and the plants somehow grow overnight on their own without any help from the gardener. These are the days where we actually don't have to do anything but harvest.
Even though we've been harvesting since late October, Monday the 21st was the first day of winter and therefore the harvest that day was indeed the first official winter harvest. Since we ...
In my family, the holiday wish list is requested from each member sometime in September and then no one is allowed to buy themselves anything they put on the list until after Christmas. It's hard to comply sometimes, especially when all they stuff I want usually goes on sale. My list consists mainly of gardening supplies, so it has become a tradition to post the wish list on the Gardenerd Blog each year. So without further adieu... ...