YouTube: How to Prune California Poppies
If you grew California poppies this year, chances are they're starting to look a little sad. But there is hope for a second or even third wave of blooms if you do one thing.
Podcast: Mini Meadows with Mike Lizotte
Our guest this week is Mike Lizotte of American Meadows. He’s better known as “the Seed Man” because of his passion for planting wildflower gardens.
Cosmos are beneficial insectaries for bees and other pollinators.
YouTube: Beneficial Insectaries
Our latest YouTube video gives you the what, how, and why you should grow beneficial insectaries, that is, plants that attract beneficial insects to the garden.
Honey bees taking pollen and nectar from wisteria blossoms.
Ask Gardenerd: Pollinator Garden Density
A very cool question came in to Ask Gardenerd from Trevor Pratt this week: "How geographically dense does the distribution of pollinator gardens have to be in the LA area to support bees and other interesting threatened species of pollinating organisms? I am not sure what the problem is but it seems they need a network. Pollinators are neat." Great question, Trevor. The good news is that statistically speaking, bees and other pollinators in urban areas like Los Angeles are…
Millet turning darker at the tips
Millet Update and Spring Colors
We planted millet in late February and planted it out last month and already we have an update! While many of the plants were destroyed by curious cats, the remainder have sent up impressive stalks of grain. This being our first time growing millet, we weren't sure what to expect. It's always fun to try something new and see what happens. Here's what we found in the garden yesterday: Millet apparently is a short crop, only reaching about 15" tall.…