A transplant from a relative's yard.
Loquat Season
Loquat. That word raises the brow of many non-gardeners everywhere, and even some gardeners. Aside from sounding like a short kumquat, loquats are unusual fruits because you don't often them…
Founder of Linear City's rooftop garden
Rooftop Garden in L.A.
A lot of people don't have space to garden, and in many places the rooftop is the only option. If you live where it snows, the local architecture is built…
White eggs dyed for Easter (with 1 of our colored eggs mixed in). Can you tell which one?
Dying Colored Easter Eggs
Dying colored Easter eggs. Isn't that redundant? Well, yes, but let me explain. We have chickens who lay colored eggs (peach, blue, green and chocolate brown). Most commercially available Easter…
A volunteer tomato sprouted from under our compost storage tub.
Volunteers: Nature’s Helpers
This time of year, we have a lot of sprouts popping up in odd places. We didn't plant them, they are "volunteers." Volunteers are a godsend in filling in spaces…
A loquat tree with cages of cotton hanging about
Native Garden Tour- Part 2: The coolest thing ever
Plants are interesting. Birds are interesting. Put them together and you get a Xerces Society Certified Pollinator Habitat. Last week on the Theodore Payne Native Plant Garden Tour, we started…
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YouTube: How to Plant Tomatoes
It's tomato season, and we've got ours in the ground already. It may be early for some, but we're experiencing 80 degree days this week, so we took a chance…
Dendromecon Hartfordii and it's cousin, Dendromecon rigida are sunny additions to any California native garden.
Native Garden Tour – Part 1: Great Plants for Pollinators
I was gifted two tickets to the Theodore Payne Native Plant Garden Tour this past weekend and set out with my co-chair for the Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase to…
Climate Change Round Up (AKA Things I Care About)
#Climate Change was trending on Twitter yesterday. As gardenerds, we don't need Twitter to point out the changes in seasonal behavior. We can spot when things are off. Things are…
Grow plants under grow lights through winter. Start seeds too.
Keys to Lighting Your Indoor Gardening System
Today's guest post is from Chris Wimmer, an urban hydroponic hobbyist who uses hydroponics to maximize his 400 square foot yard and extend the short Chicago growing season. Chris blogs…
First blackberries of the season
Spring Gardens are Waking Up
A friend up north in Canada, Niki Jabbour, posted on Twitter this morning that she's expecting 2 feet of snow tonight. Here in Southern California our spring gardens are waking…