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Dream Garden Grows Up

I stopped by the Dream Center garden in downtown Los Angeles yesterday to see how things are growing in and I was delighted to see what has transpired since my last visit. It’s all grown up!

Not only did the flagstone and decomposed granite get installed in the pathway, but the mulch had arrived (free from the City) and it was all in place.

Pathway complete, plants growing in. Happiness is a thriving garden!

Some of the tomatoes even had fruit set already: …

The New 2011 Spring/Summer Organic Seed Collection

This being the beginning of the holiday season, and the first day of Hanukkah, it felt only fitting to unveil the all-new 2011 Spring/Summer Organic Seed Collection from the
Gardenerd Store. Read about the great choices for your spring garden (makes a great gift or stocking stuffer!) and see why we chose them for your garden.

Who needs gold coins when you can have gardener’s gold like this instead:

All photos
courtesy of Seeds …

Gardenerd Potluck and Seed Exchange Review

This past Saturday, August 7, was our very first Summer Potluck and Seed Exchange.

Can You Pass the Soil Test?

What’s a girl to do when her plants look anemic and aren’t growing like they should be, despite the mounds of compost and organic fertilizer
that are lovingly applied each season? The mystery can only be solved one way: Get a soil test.

We have two sets of tomatoes – one in our test garden, and one at our community garden at Ocean View Farms. Both were grown from seed under grow lights, and both were …

Woolly School Gardens Needs Your Vote!

Yes, Woolly School Gardens needs your vote, and I’ll tell you about that in just a minute, but first a little story:

On Tuesday, June 1st, I had the opportunity to help install two Woolly School Gardens at two neighboring schools in downtown Los Angeles. Together with a team of Woolly gardeners, we filled Pockets
with soil and planted food gardens for students to enjoy. We planted herbs like sage, chives (which some of the kids pronounced chee-vess), thyme, basil, rosemary and …

Dill You Be Mine?

Once again, it's confession time. I've killed a lot of dill in my day. You name it - transplants, from seed, little hopeful plugs - I've killed them all. I…

First Garden

A new question came in this week:

“This is my first garden and I have a picket fence. Is this good enough protection from intruders? Also, do I need to plant my seeds in trays first or can I put them directly in the ground?,
Thank you from Jackson, MI., Theresa, P.S. I loved your braiding the garlic video. great job. I think i will grow garlic also.”

Thanks Theresa, we had fun putting that garlic braiding video together. Now, about your picket fence…

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Oh sure, I’ve got plenty of growing space in my raised beds, but sometimes that’s just not enough. Sometimes you have to take over the
place.

I feel like a warrior — or maybe a gold rush prospector; I’ve just made a minor land-grab in my own
back yard.

Let me e’splain: I met up with Conor Fitzpatrick on the last day of Tomatomania, where I …

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