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At last! A Winnetka Purple artichoke emerges from the plant. We started this from seeds from the Seed Library of Los Angeles. It worked!

Wordless Wednesday: Spring Cometh

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It's transition time as spring nudges gardeners into action. Winter crops are finishing up, making room for warm and hot-weather crops here in Los Angeles. While other parts of the country are still knee-deep in snow, we're well into the season by now. There's no rest for the year-round gardener. What's growing in your garden (or indoors at this point)? Share your list below.

Read more about the article Wordless Wednesday: Winter is Our Spring
Garlic, carrots and radishes are so happy with all the rain.

Wordless Wednesday: Winter is Our Spring

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California is known for its weather, and for those who don't yet know, winter everywhere else is our spring. Here in SoCal flowers have sprouted everywhere, peas are growing strong, brassicas are loving the rain (LOTS of rain!). For gardeners with yards covered in snow, enjoy those seed catalogs by the fire. We're still tending the soil and harvesting winter crops. Enjoy these shots from our winter garden. We hope you are enjoying the winter regardless of whether you are…

Read more about the article Wordless Wednesday: October Gardening
8 different kale varieties are protected by floating row cover. No cabbage moths/worms here!

Wordless Wednesday: October Gardening

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Fall gardening is in full swing. Here are a few prompts for October tasks and enjoyments. There's still much to do to get the fall garden ready, but we're enjoying the process. Happy fall gardening to you!

Read more about the article Wordless Wednesday: Summer Gardening Never Stops
Blue Beauty tomato shows true blue. We just fed the tomatoes with compost tea.

Wordless Wednesday: Summer Gardening Never Stops

Continue ReadingWordless Wednesday: Summer Gardening Never Stops

Summer Solstice is almost here. The garden still needs attention, and evidence of the rewards close at hand are everywhere. Time to feed, weed and guide your plants along into summer. Summer Gardening The garden doesn't go on vacation even if we do. Give your garden a little love this summer and it will keep going while you're gone.

Read more about the article Wordless Wednesday: April Garden
22 different tomato seedlings under grow lights.

Wordless Wednesday: April Garden

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They say April showers bring May flowers, but it's more like February rains bring April abundance here in Los Angeles. Color and new life reign supreme in the April garden, as we transition from winter to summer crops in a flash. It's time to plant warm-weather crops in warm-winter climates. Here's a look at what's growin' on in our Test Garden. Enjoy your April garden and get out there and plant something!

Read more about the article Wordless Wednesday: Winter into Spring
White Sonora wheat rises up for pollination.

Wordless Wednesday: Winter into Spring

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March is a time of transition. Winter crops die, making room for spring seedlings. Volunteers poke through the soil and take a chance. We celebrate new life in the garden as the old fades away. We move from winter into spring. Start seeds, weed soils, add compost over bare soil, plan big and enjoy this transition from winter into spring!

Read more about the article Wordless Wednesday – Winter Garden Bliss
Helios radishes, one of several new varieties we trialed this winter.

Wordless Wednesday – Winter Garden Bliss

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As we prep for spring gardening, we enjoy the harvest from our winter garden. Soon it will be time to start seeds, but in the meanwhile, we add compost to existing crops and prune fruit trees, cane berries, and grasses. Rain pampers our plants and they reward us with a bountiful harvest. We're watering from rain barrels in between, and watching everything grow while we read through seed catalogs. Here's what's growin' on in this colorful  (almost) Wordless Wednesday. For…

Some home grown, some pilfered. All beautiful.
Some home grown, some pilfered. All beautiful.

Wordless Wednesday: Harvest 2015

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These are never really wordless, but you get the idea. Today is a celebration of a season passing, and a season's passion. Harvest time is satisfying, beautiful and temporary. Next we start fall crops. Here is a little of both. And what's next? Fall! What are you pulling from your garden these days? Post your haul / stash / treasures here.

Read more about the article Wordless Wednesday: Mid-Spring Garden Flourish
Tiny watermelons set fruit (shot through the crook of a watermelon leaf)

Wordless Wednesday: Mid-Spring Garden Flourish

Continue ReadingWordless Wednesday: Mid-Spring Garden Flourish

It's too pretty out there, we had to share. Enjoy these photos from the Gardenerd Test Garden in mid-spring as the garden flourishes. That's our mid-spring garden flourish. What's growin' on in your garden this week? Share what's flowering, fruiting and sprouting here.

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