7-17-09 Get Your Summer On In This Issue: July in the Garden Dog Days of Summer Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Harvesting Watermelon Product of the Month: Edible Los Angeles Magazine 1. July in the Garden Summer is in full swing.  I see gardens flourishing all over town, and eager gardeners tending their crops with hopeful anticipation of harvests to come.  The warmer weather is officially here, and that means ripe tomatoes!  We've been harvesting Yellow Perfection, Yellow Pear, Tigerella,…

8-21-09 Late Summer Musings In This Issue: August in the Garden Gray Water In the News Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Plan Your Fall Garden Product of the Month: Fall Heirloom Seed Collection 1. August in the Garden As summer starts to wind down, there are a few pockets of emptiness appearing in the garden.  In places where parsnips were nestled, now sit barren patches of soil (and also that one half-eaten parsnip - thank you Mr. Gopher).  The withered…

06-24-10 Summer Beginnings In this issue: June in the Garden Stuff to Do Gardenerd Tip of the Month: All About Leeks Gardenerd Product of the Month: Gardenerd Hand Care Kit 1. June in the Garden Summer is officially here, and the garden knows it. The corn is high, the strawberries are ripe, and the tomatoes are turning colors (way to slowly for me). Our latest crop of quinoa is getting taller, and the seeds heads are starting to look like…

07-28-10 Eat the Garden In this issue: July in the Garden Potluck and Seed Exchange Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Canning Tomatoes Gardenerd Product of the Month: Gardenerd BBQ Apron 1. July in the Garden There's nothing quite like the flavor of a yellow pear tomato as it explodes inside your mouth on a hot summer day. Its sweetness and savory satisfaction really drive the season home. In our garden, yellow tomatoes have won the contest as far as abundance…

08-26-10 Summer Spoils In this issue: August in the Garden Fall Garden Planning Workshop Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Lavender Ice Cream Gardenerd Product of the Month: New Fall Seed Collection 1. August in the Garden Summer sure took its time getting here in Los Angeles, but now that it's here, it feels wrong to talk about Back to School or anything like that. So I won't. There's still plenty of summer to enjoy in the garden, like ripe tomatoes…

06-17-11 Honor Thy Father's Day In this issue: June in the Garden Pesticide-laden Apples in the News Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes Gardenerd Product of the Month: BBQ Apron 1. June in the Garden Father's Day is Sunday, June 19 this year. While many people may have memories of their father growing food in the garden, my father was always building something in the garage. Over the years we've shared ideas over a spinning table…

07-15-11 Garden Independence In this issue: July in the Garden How Heirlooms Can Feed the World Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Braiding Garlic Gardenerd Product of the Month: SALE on seeds! 1. July in the Garden Independence Day has come and gone, but as gardeners, we celebrate food independence every day. As we tend our plots of land, the garden rewards us with ripe tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, and more. We have the ability to control where our food comes from,…

08-18-11 A Mind Toward Fall In this issue: August in the Garden Upcoming Classes: Fall Garden Planning Workshops Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Seed Starting Gardenerd Product of the Month: New Fall Seed Collection 1. August in the Garden Our economy has taken another dive, but luckily the garden doesn't keep track of the stock market. It just keeps doing its own thing. August in the garden is all about ebb and flow - the transition from green leaves to…

7-19-05 Fruits of Summer In This Issue: Summer splendor Summer Sale Gardenerd tip of the month 1. Summer splendor I took some time off from writing this newsletter to get married, and came back to find my garden flourishing! It's amazing to see how things can change over two weeks. Tomato plants were towering over my head, potatoes - just planted before I left - had shot up foliage two feet tall, zucchini and yellow crookneck squash had been very,…