Small Space Garden Favorite: Carrots! I love growing carrots for so many reasons! Mostly I still experience the same thrill I did as a child digging for ‘buried treasure’ when it was time to harvest the carrots. And as a gardener who has limited veggie growing space, I really appreciate the bountiful crop I get […]
Kids Gardening: Build a Bean Teepee
Want to get your kids outside and (dream on!) eating more veggies? Here’s a kids gardening project (with the help of grown ups) that combines the fun of building and playing in ‘forts’ with the ‘magic’ of growing plants from seed. Remember ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’? These beans may not grow all the way to […]
What To Do in the Garden: March
Feed! Seeds! Weeds! March is probably the busiest month of the year in the southern California garden. So head to the nursery to get plants and supplies, slap on those gardening gloves, and let’s get busy! Feed Everything! It’s spring and everything in the garden is sending out new growth. Encourage vigorous healthy growth, and […]
Kids in the Garden: Wind and Seeds
Free Children’s Garden Workshop, Sunday 2/15 Remember blowing dandelion seeds when you were a kid? It was so fun, and a very visual lesson about how the wind ‘plants’ seeds. At this Sunday’s monthly Children’s Garden Workshop at the Farm + Food Lab garden at the Orange County Great Park, kids will get to […]
Seed Starting Simplified
Five Simple Steps to Starting Seeds Indoors Starting plants from seed is easy if you follow these simple steps. Seeds give you a much larger selection of flower and veggie varieties, save money, and, most of all, it’s fun! And if you have kids, they’ll love it and get a little science lesson too! Supplies […]
Favorite Warm Season Flowers to Start From Seed
Showy and Easy Flowers to Plant from Seed I planted warm season flower seeds in six packs this weekend! In about a week I’ll have dozens of baby plants and in 4-6 weeks or so they’ll be ready to be transplanted into the garden. Why Plant from Seed? The main reason I plant from seed, […]
Time to Order Seeds for Spring and Summer Veggies!
Start Heirloom and Hybrid Veggie Favorites from Seed Starting vegetables from seed rather than purchasing transplants saves money, but more importantly, there are so many more choices! In order to have spring/summer plants ready to go into the garden in March, the seeds need to be started indoors soon. Most seeds need 4 – 6 […]
Plant Veggies in January? You Bet!
Winter Vegetables to Plant Now If you planted cool season veggies last fall, you should have plenty of greens, root vegetables and cabbage family crops ready to harvest. In my garden, I just finished harvesting the broccoli and pulling out the remaining lettuce plants because they’ve bolted. Now that there are empty spots in […]