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How to Know if it’s GMO?

“Dear Gardenerd,

How do we know if our seeds are genetically Modified?”

Excellent question! I have answers for you.

The good news is that GMO seeds are widely available to the commercial agriculture industry, but the push to sell them to home gardeners is not yet popular (and most likely not lucrative).
The bad news is that farmers growing non-GMO crops for seed are having a harder time isolating themselves from farms that …

Radishes – Nature’s Fast Food

Need something quick to grow this fall before cold weather shuts down the garden? Try radishes. They go from seed to maturity in about 6 weeks. They sprout in around 3 days, so they’re the
perfect crop to grow if you have a short attention span.

Got kids? Grow radishes. They are the instant gratification vegetable. Children can plant them in small containers, watch them sprout, and harvest them before they remember that they don’t
like vegetables.

Cherry Belle and Easter Egg radishes, freshly …

New 2011 Fall FantaSeed Collection

As summer winds down, the excitement for fall crops is building. Not sure what to grow? Gardenerd is here to help. We’ve picked out a special selection of veggies we have been dying to grow –
and we’re pretty jazzed about it.

Color is the name of the game this fall. Purples, yellows, reds and greens take the stage this fall to brighten up your garden. Check out this beautiful lineup for fall:

2011 Fall FantaSeed Collection

Solar Flax Chips

We’re constantly trying to replicate store-bought treats in the Gardenerd kitchen, and this week we successfully tackled raw flax chips/crackers. We did it all in the solar food dryer too – so the
entire experiment was carbon neutral!

If you are looking for a substitute for potato chips or any other salty snack, you’ve got to try these flax chips. They are nutritious and delicious – it’s hard to eat just one. Here’s how we did
it:

The Recipe – …

Local Organic Blueberries – Get ’em at the Patch

Here’s the most recent post from our forages through the Mar Vista Farmers’ Market:

Organic Blueberries Give Kids a Sweet Snack Alternative
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Growing Grains in Small Spaces

A great question came in to Ask Gardenerd this week:

“I am looking to purchase a variety of grain seeds. Not bulk, not for production? Yet. My goal is start growing and saving seeds from planter pots, as my yard is xeriscaped and I am in the
process of trying to sell my home. This way once I move I should have seeds for planting a small scale grain garden for personal use. Where can I find open-pollinated grain seeds that are not
planting a whole flappin’ acre at a time?”
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Home Grown Culver City

If you live in the Los Angeles area, and you want to venture out after the rain stops, head to the first ever Home Grown Culver City this
Saturday, October 23 from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. at Media Park in Culver City. Gardenerd will be there offering discounts on all our Gardenerd Store products and we’ll be standing by to answer your
gardening questions.

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 …