YouTube: How to Repot Lemongrass
Our latest YouTube video shows you step-by-step how to repot lemongrass plants that have become sad and overgrown. Fix your root-bound pots and get ready for abundant growth.
Revitalize your mint pot and bring it back to life.
YouTube: How to Revitalize Your Mint Pot – Don’t Replace It, Refresh It!
Every year in winter our mint pot starts to looks sad, dormant and, let's face it, dead. But if you look closely there is evidence that it is still alive.
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 it with a new mini orchard and garden for her Sherman Oaks home. The homeowner wanted to grow what she eats: mostly fruit and veggies. So we set her up with a mini orchard of 6 fruit trees and two raised beds, plus a few planters for herbs and berries.…
The family has 2 rabbits, and they plan to put up a barrier to protect the herb garden.
New Herb Garden
A call came in from a Santa Monica homeowner who had been wanting to put in a small herb garden for years. She had a busy life, and participated in a monthly CSA (community supported agriculture), so a full-sized vegetable garden wasn't necessary. She dreamed, though, of walking out her back door to harvest fresh herbs. With most of the back yard relegated for volleyball, we chose a corner of the yard for the herb garden. The homeowner wanted to…