Dealing with Apple Scab

This week’s guest blogger is David King from the Learning Garden. He’s a great friend and an amazing gardener who does more for the Los Angeles gardening scene than I have space to write. Today he shares his helpful tips
for managing apple scab. Take it away David!


For many of us wanting to grow more food on our own, fruits and nuts from trees comprise a major part …

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New Garden: The Modern Parallelogram

A new client called to inquire about putting in a vegetable garden for her 2 1/2 year old son, who suffers from food allergies. She and her
husband wanted to start growing the vegetables that he could eat and teach him where food comes from.

Their modern home, designed and built by Jesse Bornstein Architecture, lent itself to clean lines and angles.
As always, we wanted to design the garden to tie in with the …

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07-17-09 Get Your Summer On

7-17-09 Get Your Summer On In This Issue: July in the Garden Dog Days of Summer Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Harvesting Watermelon Product of the Month: Edible Los Angeles…

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06-17-11 Honor Thy Father’s Day

06-17-11 Honor Thy Father's Day In this issue: June in the Garden Pesticide-laden Apples in the News Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes Gardenerd Product of…

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06-21-08 Summer has Arrived

6-21-08 Summer has Arrived In This Issue:     1. What's Growin' On in June     2. Home Grown Garlic     3. Gardenerd Tip of the Month - Permaculture     4.…

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03-31-09 Spring Along with Me

3-31-09 Spring Along with Me In This Issue: March in the Garden Planting Tomatoes Gardenerd Tip of the Week: Free Mulch Product of the Month: Gardenerd Recycled Grocery Tote 1.…

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04-19-08 Welcome to Spring

4-19-08 Welcome to Spring  In This Issue:     1. Clearing the Cobwebs for Spring     2. Organic Gardening Classes - Coming in May!     3. Gardenerd Tip of the Month…

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