Aromatherapy for Fruit Flies

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Christy

While developing the Gardenerd Hand Care Kit, I met Sue Dwiggins. She’s a blender – an aromatherapy specialist with a company called Essential Three. She and her sister happened to be in town and were helping out at Soaptopia when the owners of the shop and I were working out the details
of the new product. They helped create the signature scent that is in the Gardenerd Hand Care Kit.

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Meet the 2010 Spring/Summer Organic Seed Collection

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Christy

It’s coming upon that time of year when all the 2010 seed catalogs begin to show up in the mail. It is my opinion that seed catalogs are best reviewed in the
comfort of one’s own bed, with plenty of pillows around to prop them all open to one’s favorite pages.

It can be overwhelming. So many different seeds to choose from, so many questions about what might grow well in your hardiness zone. Well, over the years, we’ve …
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Golden Rule Garden

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Christy

And so we continue with the adventures in Willits, CA during the 3-day Grow BioIntensive workshop…

The workshop took place in a most unusual location, what I can only describe as an intentional community of horse people. There were homes and stables
(in fact, this is where Sea Biscuit used to live back in the day), but it was isolated from the main highway and was centered around a faith-based community gathering space where our little garden
class took place.

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Butter and Biscuits

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Christy

This doesn’t exactly fall under the category of What’s Growin’ On, but as the urge to homestead becomes more prevalent in our community, I like to
include these tidbits of culinary experimentation along with the mainstream gardening information.  So, in case you were wondering what to do with that left over heavy cream in the fridge
that might be too old to use but you’re not sure, here’s how to make butter and biscuits.

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New Gardenerd Hand Care Kit — How it came to be

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Christy

I’m a self-proclaimed soap whore.  Let me clarify…I love bar soap.  None of that anti-bacterial frothing pump stuff for me thank you very much.  I
need a bar I can roll around in my hands, something that cuts through the layers of green tomato plant juice in the summer.  Something that scrubs away the dirt under my nails, but leaves
me feeling like I’ve just done something decadent for myself.

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Ecology Action Farm

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Christy

It’s been busy here, launching the new website and 2 new products for the holiday season, so blogging has taken a back seat until now.  These blog
entries are really my favorite things to do (besides harvesting succulent veggies while laughing in the face of commercial agriculture), and writing them gives me an excuse to venture out to
new territory.

So we continue with the Grow BioIntensive workshop that I attended in the …
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Grow BioIntensive Workshop

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Christy

At the beginning of November I attended the 3-day Grow BioIntensive workshop in Willits, CA.  It blew my mind.  In fact, it took my brain out of
my
head, turned it inside out and put it back in.  What is Grow BioIntensive, you ask?  Well, let me attempt to explain it in less than three days:

Grow BioIntensive is a method of gardening/farming that combines French Intensive, which useshexagonal plant spacing“2”>as well as double-digging …
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A Visit to the Solar Living Institute

Posted on November 13, 2009 by Christy

Back in my early college years, all I wanted to do was make bread and swing in a hammock all day.  I dove head-first into environmental issues and
chose
recycling as my personal passion.  Along with the strong desire to sort trash came an awareness of solar power and all its benefits.  It was then that I discovered Real Goods.

Real Goods had not yet been bought by Gaiam.com when …
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Woolly Pocket School Garden Project on Dwell Magazine Website

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Christy

I just got word today that we’ve been mentioned in an online article for Dwell Magazine. 

Miguel Nelson brought me in as the garden expert for the project and we partnered with School Nutrition Plus to create the Woolly Pocket School Garden Program back in early Summer 2009.  So far, we’ve installed 5 school gardens and we’re about to venture into Arizona to reach other schools. 

Here’s a chance to see what goes on in Miguel’s head when he invents these great ideas for our participating schools:

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Gardenerd Organic Gardening Series Weekend Intensive

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Christy

Coming up next week, the Gardenerd Organic Gardening Series will be offered for the first time ever as a Weekend Intensive.  Get all your gardening know-how packed into one short weekend course.  Check out the details for these organic gardening classes being held in Los Angeles:

Registration is now open! 
Take a class.  Take the whole series (it’s a better deal anyway!)  Become the green thumb you always wanted …
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