Podcast: Healthy Gardens with Mary-Kate Mackey
This week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast we explore what makes a healthy garden with Mary-Kate Mackey.
Squash, melons, and corn make up the second long bed.
Design: A Two-Yard Partnership Garden
when a client's sister-in-law bought the house next door, they knocked down the fence between them to expand the garden. Now it stretches across both front yards. It's a two-yard garden.
A few weeks later, the garden is flourishing and the family is harvesting lettuces and other greens.
Design: Urban Farm
A new garden gives purpose to a huge, flat, barren backyard. Watch as we transform the space into a flourishing food garden.
Basils, chives, sage, oregano, thyme and parsley all grow well in containers.
Design: Productive Patio Garden
We specialize in small-space biointensive gardening here at Gardenerd, so we get a lot of calls to install patio gardens from eager folks with limited space and sunlight. Our latest…
The finished product is a fun starter garden the whole family can enjoy.
Design: My First Garden
It's fall, and garden installations are top on our list. Last week we created a starter garden for a health-conscious couple and their young boys. They all want to know…
The cage is tall to accommodate tomato cages and pea trellises as needed.
Design: A Cozy Caged Garden
While Los Angeles may be a concrete jungle, we still have wild animals lurking about the garden. Our most recent garden installation was designed to protect new seedlings from wandering…
Josh and a DIY client prepping to paint her new fence.
In Memoriam: Josh Hover
Gardening is about life cycles, we deal with life and death every day. When someone prized is taken too soon, however, it is a tragedy. I write today to honor…
Finished garden pops with color in front of the home's white background.
Design: Southern Hemisphere Garden
We recently completed a landscaping project for a homeowner from South Africa. He wanted a lush and colorful landscape that is drought tolerant and low maintenance. At the same time,…
Chicken sentinel stands watch
Mini Garden for Maximum Yield
Picture this: a large back yard with plenty of space for a garden. Then factor in this: mature trees all over the place, leaving little space for full-sun exposure. Not…
Blueberries (dwarf varieties) with strawberries and herbs around a tree.
Mini Orchard & Garden for Mom and Dog
Spring is just around the corner, but in the Valley it's already here. Southern California continues to have unseasonably high temperatures and one new gardener wanted to take advantage of…