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Little Saplings - Secret Spaces: How to Bring Fantasy into Your Everyday Garden 16 Aug 2012 | 09:58 pm
And now something for those with little ones. Ruth Steinberg, founder of Little Saplings.org, is committed to helping kids find a love of gardening. I had the pleasure of meeting her electronically aw...
Dealing with Apple Scab 15 Aug 2012 | 10:34 pm
This week's guest blogger is David King from the Learning Garden. He's a great friend and an amazing gardener who does more for the Los Angeles gardening scene than I have space to write. Today he sha...
Immersing In Compost 8 Aug 2012 | 09:50 pm
I just completed a 5-day composting intensive workshop presented by Alane O’Rielly Weber. Much like my experience with Jon Jeavon’s Grow BioIntensive workshop, this intensive class has re-swizzled the...
Patch.com: Dairy Goddess Comes to Town 6 Aug 2012 | 11:44 pm
The latest post from Mar Vista's Bounty Hunter is available for viewing. Find out more about a great new farmstead cheese maker who's living the dream. The Dairy Goddess Comes to Mar Vista ...
Harvesting Romano Beans 1 Aug 2012 | 10:58 pm
There's something romantic about Romano beans. Maybe it's the history, being associated with Italy, or maybe it's the fantasy of standing on a terrace with a platter of grapes and Parmigiano-Reggiano,...
2012 Olympic Gardening Events 31 Jul 2012 | 10:58 pm
The 2012 Summer Olympics, with all of its pageantry and intense competition, runs the gamut featuring "26 sports and a total of 39 disciplines," according to Wikipedia. But we feel that the Olympic Co...
Do You Bokashi? - Part 3 26 Jul 2012 | 09:16 pm
Mark Rainville is back to finish his series on making bokashi. In today's post, find out how to use this great fertilizer/compost to grow a thriving garden. Back to you, Mark... In the previous two p...
New Garden: The Modern Parallelogram 25 Jul 2012 | 09:57 pm
A new client called to inquire about putting in a vegetable garden for her 2 1/2 year old son, who suffers from food allergies. She and her husband wanted to start growing the vegetables that he could...
Saving Kale Seeds 17 Jul 2012 | 11:50 pm
Most gardeners are lucky if their kale plants last through the summer. We've been blessed with a Lacinato kale that has been growing for over a year and a half. It's a magic plant; it survived cut wor...
Mid-Summer Garden Check-in 12 Jul 2012 | 09:37 pm
Every once in a while, you just need pretty pictures to look at. With hot weather descending upon us, the garden is really taking off (oh-so-happy peppers and melons!), so we're happy to oblige with s...