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Home Made Mozzarella

Home Made Mozzarella

Since the garden is pretty much doing its own thing these days, we tend for focus more on the bounty of the harvest than the growing of plants (which is just as exciting anyway).

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Epsom Salts

A gardener wrote in recently asking if Epsom Salts are organic. 

I think we should break this question down into two questions:

1) Are Epsom Salts organic?
2) Are Epsom Salts safe to use in organic gardening?

The short answer to both questions is yes, but for the sake of clarity, I’ll explain a little further.

Microsoft Encarta defines Epsom Salts as the following:

“Epsom Salts, common name for colorless or white crystalline salt (magnesium sulfate hepta-hydrate, MgSO4·7H2O) found in the minerals kieserite and epsomite and in mineral waters. Epsom salt was first prepared at Epsom, England. …

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…3 Potato

…3 Potato

It’s harvest time for potatoes.  For those of you who missed the previous entry about our potato growing project this year, click here to read all about it.  We continue here with part 2: potato harvesting.

It begins with a glance.  Just as one tries to avoid looking at roadkill while driving along the highway, a gardener tries to avert her eyes from dying potato foliage in the garden.  The anticipation is too great.  The promise of comfort food is too palpable to stave off the desire to investigate withering branches.  “Just a little longer,” we say to ourselves, trying to …

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Tools of a Different Kind

Tools of a Different Kind

Warning – nerd alert!

Yesterday, I met with a client to help design the food garden at his new home.  The entire house is being remodeled and is going to be one of the greenest homes in the United States
when all is said and done.  Using solar power, recycled materials, and renewable resources, the house is sure to be a centerfold in Architectural Digest or Mother Earth News in the coming
year, and I’m thrilled to be part of the process. 

I’m also thrilled that I got to use one of my favorite tools for the job.  It’s something I got …

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A New Member of the Family

A New Member of the Family

Yesterday we went and picked up a new member of the family.  No, we didn’t adopt a child. We went to the City of Los Angeles’ Compost Workshop and Bin Sale.  It was
a very exciting day for us.  We’ve been waiting for this moment for many months. 

We drove to Burbank, exiting the 134 Freeway at Griffith Park Drive.  We found ourselves trailing behind a tanker truck going about 5 miles an hour, so there was plenty to time to take in the
scenic beauty of this expansive park.  People were out jogging or walking their dogs, while other folks were riding …

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Stormwater Pollution and Gardening

Since Gardenerd.com is a proponent
of organic gardening and environmentally friendly living practices, we are always looking for ways to spread the word about how to conserve energy, prevent pollution and give back to the
earth.  The LA Stormwater Program contacted us and asked if we could publish one of their articles that would help promote their
cause.  We are pleased to present this important message from the LA Stormwater program:

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