02-15-12 Love Thy Garden

2-15-12 Love Thy Garden In this issue: February in the Garden Spring Garden Planning Workshop Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Rain Barrels Gardenerd Product of the Month: 2012 Spring/Summer Seed…

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05-24-07 May Flowers

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…

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Gallery & Testimonials

Garden design testimonialsClasses testimonialsConsulting testimonialsSite testimonials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59eIxIm7czo View examples of our gardens Organic Edible Garden Design "We love our new little garden. Our kids, who helped plant everything, rush out…

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Beware the Citrus Psyllid

A not-so-new threat to America’s citrus population has recently been found in Southern California. Almost 4,000 sightings of the Asian Citrus Psyllid, including in Riverside and Mar Vista, have been
reported in 2011. The damage from the Psyllid can potentially send a citrus tree to its grave.

The Citrus Psyllid can be a carrier of a bacterial disease called Huanglongbing (HBL) or Citrus Greening disease, which causes the leaves to appear yellow with green veins, and the fruit becomes
misshapen. Eventually the trees die.

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Pesto Madness

This is the time of year when the abundance of basil in the garden can often overshadow the need in the kitchen. What’s a gardener to do?  Make pesto, of course.

Whether you preserve pesto by canning or freezing, you can make the flavors of summer last a long time. To start off the pesto season, I took a field trip to Pesto Madness, the Learning Garden’s
annual fundraiser.  

David King, the illustrious leader of the Learning Garden, was giving a …

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