Hearty lentil soup with collard greens
Recipe: Lentil Soup with Collard Greens
We cook from the garden around here. Whatever is coming in from "out there" determines the meal of the day. Since collard greens are finishing up, we needed to find…
Fresh Christmas Limas are incredibly delicious.
Recipe: Garlicky Fresh Christmas Lima Beans with Thyme
I've grown Christmas Lima Beans for several years and have come to love this prolific plant. The first time, we planted in spring and it grew and produced for a…
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…
Inspire! Excite! Educate!
Let’s Go to Seed School – Part 3
In this, our last installment about Seed School we explore the economic and political makeup of seeds in our world. For me, this is the real reason we need to…
Emerson Avenue Community Garden
I am Planting a Garden, by Heidi Rose
I ran across this poem a friend wrote several years ago. I read it through again and felt it went right to the heart of what every gardener must be…
Cat Grass for a Happy Mittens
Cats love chewing on grass. And corn seedlings, apparently (ugh!). And young cover crops (double ugh.) In order to keep Mittens out of the raised beds, we've planted a flat…
Step 2: Pour seeds into a screen that allows the seeds to fall through, but keeps the chaff.
Let’s Go to Seed School – Part 2
We're back with more about our week in Seed School. (In case you missed the first post, click here.) Later in the week, we delved more into the wonders of…
Silver Edged pumpkin seeds
Let’s Go to Seed School – Part 1
I had the pleasure of participating in a 6-day workshop all about seeds, presented by the folks at Native Seeds/Search. More than 30 gardenerds gathered to learn as much as…
Make meals from the garden with a little planning ahead.
Shopping from your Garden
Today we are joined by Jeriann Watkins, our guest blogger. Jeriann is a writer and self-proclaimed chronic procrastinator who is trying to make her life more intentional by focusing on…
One of many roses and a lime geranium in flower
YouTube: Rose Pruning in 4 Easy Steps
Our latest video on rose pruning is live and ready to help you get your roses in shape for spring. We show you 4 easy steps to guide you through…