5-24-07 May Flowers In This Issue: April Showers Bring May Flowers Off the Beaten Path Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Deadheading Gardenerd Product of the Month: Tank Top 1. April Showers Bring May Flowers And how! We may have had only one day of April showers here in Southern California, but the flowers don't seem to notice at all. The irises are in bloom, the agapanthus are starting to open, and the roses have taken off in a flurry of…
3-2-07 Spring Mania In This Issue: Spring-mania New duds for spring Tomato Time Out with the Old 1. Spring-mania Ready or not, here comes spring! I can almost feel the layers of winter falling away as we start to experience the change in the air. The rains have brought fresh air to Southern California, and the time has come to start our spring gardens. I'm in hog heaven this year, because not only do I have my patch of land…
5-10-06 Mother's Day and Venice In This Issue: From Venice to Venice The Stork is coming Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Grow Organic 1. From Venice to Venice In lieu of an April newsletter, I took a little trip to Venice, Italy for my “official” honeymoon. What a glorious place it is! Words cannot describe the splendor of its intoxicating beauty. The history, the buildings, the bridges, the people – all so perfect in some otherworldly way. Between my fluent-Italian-speaking-husband…
2-02-06 Here Comes Spring In This Issue: Here comes spring! What to Plant Gardenerd Tip of the Month Hats off to spring 1. Here comes spring! No words make my heart soar quite like “the coming of spring.” It means more than just the highly anticipated arrival of another season. It means that all the brand new seed packets carefully selected over the winter can be brought out to the light of day. It means fresh potting soil, blossoms bursting…
3-22-05 SPRING HAS SPRUNG! In This Issue: SPRING HAS SPRUNG! SWING INTO SPRING LINK GARDENERD TIP OF THE MONTH 1. SPRING HAS SPRUNG! For those of you who haven't already begun planning your spring garden, let me be the first to remind you that NOW IS THE TIME! On the West Coast we are fortunate enough to have a very early planting date for spring crops (February 15th is our frost free date in CA). So fire…
3-21-12 What a Lovely Thing is Spring In this issue: March in the Garden Spring Garden Planning Workshop Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Frost Dates Explained Gardenerd Product of the Month: 2012 Spring/Summer Seed Collection 1. March in the Garden Spring is officially here, and for gardeners, it just keeps getting better. Seeds are started in trays (or the ground in warmer climates), tomato plant sales are cropping up, and flowers are blooming. Life is renewed, and dormant gardeners awaken…
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In this issue: March in the Garden Spring Garden Planning Workshop Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Frost Dates Explained Gardenerd Product of the Month: 2012 Spring/Summer Seed Collection 1. March in the Garden Spring is officially here, and for gardeners, it just keeps getting better. Seeds are started in trays (or the ground in warmer climates), tomato plant sales are cropping up, and flowers are blooming. Life is renewed, and dormant gardeners awaken to the hope…