Jo Anne Trigo runs the only certified organic nursery in LA County, and if that's not enough, she runs it out of her home. Two Dog Organic Nursery supplies Angelinos with fruit trees, vegetable seedlings, and culinary herbs and edible flowers year-round
Crop rotation is an essential part of a healthy organic gardening. Why? Plants take up specific nutrients and can leave behind diseases in their wake. Moving crops to new soil…
Last week I was interviewed by Bruce Boyers of Organic Connections Magazine. He wanted to know how Gardenerd got started and why we're doing
all this food-growing stuff. Check out the article here:
The Gardenerd: Grow Your Own Organic
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A quick weekend getaway was in order - some place warm and cozy, and filled with joyful memories. Ojai, CA fit the bill. It was the location
of our destination wedding five years ago. Laden with orange groves, olive and avocado trees, and lavender fields, Ojai (pronounced Oh-Hi) combines the small town feeling of local farmers with
the artist community of hippies. On a weekend with no plans, we found ourselves pretty busy.
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We got a question in this week from a gardener:
"I have a 2 year old white peach tree, and it has peach leaf curl. Is there any natural way to control this? I've looked in books and on line and I've not found any other way to control it than the chemicals..."
It just so happens that I recently met someone who had a similar problem here in Venice, CA. What they used to improve the tree's situation without chemicals is something you may have not heard of before. I'm just starting to really learn more about it, so ...