Gardenerd on Hallmark’s Home and Family Show 4-13-16
It's been three years since my last appearance on the Hallmark Home and Family Show, and I'm happy to return this Wednesday (it repeats on Thursday, so I am told)…
22 different tomato seedlings under grow lights.
Wordless Wednesday: April Garden
They say April showers bring May flowers, but it's more like February rains bring April abundance here in Los Angeles. Color and new life reign supreme in the April garden,…
Multicolored carrots include Yellowstone, Cosmic Purple and Scarlet Nantes
YouTube: How to Harvest Carrots and Other Root Vegetables
You've got great foliage, but you pull a carrot and it's nowhere near ready to pick. How do you prevent this from happening again? The trick is easy and Christy…
We used home grown cabbage and sugar snap peas with spices and peanuts to make this great dish.
Recipe: Stir-Fried Cabbage with Chilies, Peanuts & Peas
Believe it or not, we're still working on that giant cabbage we picked a week or so ago. They keep so well in the fridge, but they take up a…
Do you know how to pronounce this kale? We'll show you.
YouTube: Italian Vegetable Pronunciations
We hear people struggle to pronounce Italian vegetable varieties all the time. Chioggia, Lacinato, the list goes on. We're here to help. Yours truly studied the Italian language in college…
Finished garden pops with color in front of the home's white background.
Design: Southern Hemisphere Garden
We recently completed a landscaping project for a homeowner from South Africa. He wanted a lush and colorful landscape that is drought tolerant and low maintenance. At the same time,…
The thick mixture lives up to its name. Hot and sour and delicious.
Recipe: Cabbage Hot and Sour Soup
The tail end of a winter garden is marked by an abundance of cabbage. We've got enough to feed a small country at the moment, so we're reaching for our…
Fungi growing on wood chips. Used for making fungal-dominant compost.
Fungal Wood Pile for Compost
If you have issues like powdery mildew and blight in your garden, chances are you need more good fungi in your soil to combat the bad fungi. Our latest YouTube…
White Sonora wheat rises up for pollination.
Wordless Wednesday: Winter into Spring
March is a time of transition. Winter crops die, making room for spring seedlings. Volunteers poke through the soil and take a chance. We celebrate new life in the garden…
SLOLA's collection is small, so we are all growing out seed to increase availability.
Growing Artichokes From Seed
Artichokes bring to mind the romantic rolling hills of Tuscany. In fact, during one of my trips to Italy, I photographed a box of baby purple artichokes (see below) at…