10-02-15 A Change in Season

In this issue: October in the Garden Cover Crops Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Plan Ahead Gardenerd Product of the Month: Gardening for Geeks 1. October in the Garden Autumn…

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08-20-15 Not Gardening

In this issue: August in the Garden Planning for Fall Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Heirloom Expo Gardenerd Product of the Month: Gardening for Geeks 1. August in the Garden…

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New Edible Landscape for a Cottage

Back in November, I got a call from a woman who wanted to turn her front and back yard into an edible landscape. She had seen me on Food For
Thought with Claire Thomas, and felt instinctively that Gardenerd was the right hire for the job.

We worked together to come up with ideas: moving existing baby fruit trees to permanent homes in the front yard, adding a vegetable garden and more fruit trees in the backyard. She …

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Hey Gardenerd, Fancify My Garden

October was a busy month for garden design, as Southern California gardeners became excited about fall gardening. Our most recent project already had an existing vegetable bed, but the homeowner
wanted more space to grow, and less grass to mow. We took it from there.

The existing garden bed was infiltrated with devil’s grass, crawling its way up through 18 inches of fecund soil. Crabgrass surrounded two young fruit trees, potentially hampering future growth. The
homeowner wanted berries and had an ideal location along a neighboring garage wall.

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Wordless Wednesday: Fall Garden Time

It’s fall garden time…or is it? False Fall #1 is about to end in Los Angeles – another week of hot weather is coming soon. Here’s some inspiration for the transition to fall.

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