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Climate Mobilization vs. The GOP Tax Plan

With the passing of the recent GOP tax plan, which includes approval to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), my head reels once again at how the government continually chooses profit over people and planet. In a time when China is moving ahead by leaps and bounds in the transition to alternative energy, we are still focused on destroying the last pristine stretches of nature for non-renewable resource extraction. What kind of future, and what kind of planet,…

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Post published:December 5, 2017
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Can you believe we have a second crop of loquats forming on the tree? Those late-summer hot days triggered fruit-set.

Wordless Wednesday – A Cranking Fall Garden

Winter is coming, but fall is still here. If there's one message this Wordless Wednesday coveys, it's that fall gardening is the best growing season in Southern California. If you're not growing in fall/winter, you're missing out! Here's what's happening in our Test Garden right now. Come see it on December 16th in person! See all this in person! Come see how much our Test Garden has grown in 2 weeks on December 16th at our first ever Gardenerd HQ…

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Post published:November 29, 2017
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Dazzling Blue Kale, the best of both worlds.

Recipes for Fall Crops

As we start harvesting kale, bok choy, lettuces, Swiss chard, and radishes from the fall garden, it's time to find recipes for these gems. Got a lot of mustard greens? We've got recipes for you. Check out these tasty dishes that don't take a grand plan to execute. Kale Warm dinners are in store when kale is in the garden. This recipe for One Pot Kale and Quinoa Pilaf is on our list to try as the weather cools down.…

Post author:Christy
Post published:November 28, 2017
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Our test garden kicks into gear.

Gardenerd HQ Fall Test Garden Tour – Dec. 16, 2017

We hope you can join us for our first Gardenerd HQ Fall Test Garden Tour. We're grateful for mild winters because fall is the best growing season for our favorite crops. Kale, broccoli, lettuces, root veggies, potatoes, peas and more - that's what fall gardening is all about! The Gardenerd Test Garden will be open to the public on December 16, 2017 to share the beauty and splendor of fall gardening. Join us for an afternoon of garden-nerdiness. Come celebrate…

Post author:Christy
Post published:November 16, 2017
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They're perfect and beautiful, just slow to mature.

Fall is about Patience

File this post under philosophical ruminations. As the holidays careen toward us, we might feel a twinge of anxiety to hurry up and plant the garden, or to harvest, or to shut it down for the season, depending on where you live. The urge to rush through the process before holiday craziness arrives is strong. We planted our fall crops in stages as the weather cooled down (really it was more like a raid on the garden. As soon as…

Post author:Christy
Post published:November 8, 2017
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Long tables sloped up the hill. We sat listing to one side but the food more than made up for it.

Review: Outstanding in the Field

You've probably heard of them, these renowned dinners with elaborate, farm-fresh menus eaten on long-tables in the middle of a field somewhere. Outstanding in the Field (OITF) dinners are a feat of catering genius that bring people together for a cause. I was lucky to attend one at my very own Ocean View Farms last week as the sun dipped below the horizon. OITF's mission "is to re-connect diners to the land and the origins of their food, and to…

Post author:Christy
Post published:November 7, 2017
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Cooler temperatures means the kale can go in the ground. Protected with floating row cover (water and sunlight penetrate), our babies are ready to go.

Wordless Wednesday: RAIN!

Los Angeles saw its first real rain yesterday, a bit later than usual, but still in October. It may have lasted for only 20 minutes, but it was enough to wash off the roof for clean rain water collection later this week. Fall is finally here! In celebration, here are pictures of plants with real live rain dripping off the leaves, plus a few other activities for fall gardening. Fall is here - plant cool season veggies, build compost piles,…

Post author:Christy
Post published:November 1, 2017
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Wasted aims to change the way people buy, cook, recycle, and eat food.

Review: Wasted! The Story of Food Waste

Last week, I attended a screening of Wasted! The Story of Food Waste, a new film from Executive Producer Anthony Bourdain and other concerned citizens. The film "exposes the criminality of food waste and how it’s directly contributing to climate change, and shows how each of us can make small changes – all of them delicious – to solve one of the greatest problems of the 21st Century." For most of us in attendance, it was preaching to the choir, but for…

Post author:Christy
Post published:October 24, 2017
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We relocated another sculpture at the entrance of the new garden as a humble greeter.

A Sleek, Modern Garden

We specialize in small-space gardening here at Gardenerd. Our latest project makes use of a 10' x 12' passageway for a couple who wanted to grow veggies, herbs, berries, and fruit trees. We found space for everything they wanted somewhere on the property. Before The front yard provided the only full-sun exposure on the property. Our job was to find a way to install raised beds without blocking access to the front yard seating area. We had room for 4…

Post author:Christy
Post published:October 18, 2017
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Green and partly green tomatoes can be ripened easily.

Ripening Green Tomatoes

When a client mentioned that she still has a ton of green tomatoes on her plants, but needs to pull them to make room for fall crops, it occurred to me that not everyone knows the old newspaper trick for ripening tomatoes. So here it is: Ripening Green Tomatoes Take a sheet from any black and white printed newspaper section that you don't read. Place a single tomato (or a small group) on the newspaper. Wrap the tomato (or group…

Post author:Christy
Post published:October 11, 2017
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