LOS ANGELES, California – Residents and their families, and staff at the Dream Center are reaping the benefits of gardening thanks to the efforts of Christy Wilhelmi, A.K.A. the Gardenerd,…
A student from my Santa Monica College gardening course hired me to design a vegetable garden - a few raised beds so his family could grow tomatoes, salad greens and…
A great question came into Ask Gardenerd this week about plant protection: "It seems that every time I start seeds or plant out transplants in my raised bed, they get…
There's something special about sneaking outside in your bathrobe into the crisp, cool, fall air to pick a citrus breakfast off a tree: a fresh orange dripping with new fallen…
A call came in from a Santa Monica homeowner who had been wanting to put in a small herb garden for years. She had a busy life, and participated in…
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A familiar question arrived in the Ask Gardenerd Inbox this week:
“Hi Gardenerd! It’s been slow getting started with my garden because my life has been chaotic for a while. Anyway, I started some seedlings
inside and potted them in small pots outside and some in a long box but they haven’t grown, they still look like seedlings for two months now, and my broccoli raab, red kale, and red romaine wouldn’t
grow past four or five inches. I’m so discouraged but my sister …
It’s that time of year when gardens are looking their best and neighborhood garden tours abound. Here in Los Angeles, we finished up our own
participation in the Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase and last weekend we set out on foot to explore the
homes on the Venice Garden Tour. Here is our quick photo review:
Ever since the Venice Garden Tour combined with the Venice Home Tour, the …