Category Archives: What’s Growin’ On

Field Trip: Edible Garden at Natural History Museum

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Christy

Amongst the dinosaur bones, fossils, and taxidermy, there is a beautiful reason to step outside at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, CA: the Edible Garden (or Home Garden as they like to call it). You can see the … Continue reading →

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The Birds and the Bees: Corn Sex

Posted on June 12, 2013 by Christy

It happens every day. Plants send up flowers, bees pollinate them and vegetables are born. But corn has its own way to doing things, bees not included. So how exactly does corn come to be? Let’s explore: It all starts … Continue reading →

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Growing Poona Kheera Cucumbers

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Christy

With Monsanto’s renegade GMO wheat in the news, the importance of growing and preserving heirloom and open pollinated seed is even more evident. Every year we plant and heirloom we’ve never grown, and this year it was the Poona Kheera … Continue reading →

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Preserving Green Onions

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Christy

No matter how we try to use up green onions from the garden, we always end up either with too many in the fridge or overgrown, leek-sized onions taking up space in the garden. This week we did something about … Continue reading →

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Gardenerd on Good Food

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Christy

And now for a moment of shameless self-promotion… For those who missed it, I was a guest on 89.9 KCRW’s Good Food with Evan Kleiman on June 1, 2013.  It was a dream come true to sit across from Evan … Continue reading →

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Gardens of the Getty

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Christy

This week we have a guest post from Michael DeHart, the Getty Central Garden Supervisor, as an enticement to visit the Getty’s new exhibit, Gardens of the Renaissance. Take it away Michael: The Getty Central Garden as an Ever Changing … Continue reading →

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First Honey Harvest – Part 2

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Christy

A few weeks ago, we harvested a frame of honeycomb from our bee hive. We’ve enjoyed eating thin slices of comb and chewing on it to extract the honey. What you’re left with is like chewing gum, but in this … Continue reading →

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Using the Abundance: Blackberry Sorbet

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Christy

Two years ago we dug up a blackberry runner that had wandered over from a neighboring plot at the community garden. We planted it in a pot and year later it took over the place, diving down through the drainage … Continue reading →

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Waste Not, Want Not – Food Waste Reality Check

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Christy

I had the pleasure of attending an event last night called Getting Wasted, which focused on how much food is wasted in our country. From farm to table and from table to trash, we throw away a lot of food. … Continue reading →

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March Against Monsanto – This Saturday

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Christy

We garden for many reasons, but whether it’s a hobby, habit or homesteading way of life, gardening has a purpose. It feeds us. What’s more, it gives us the opportunity to control where some of our food comes from. I … Continue reading →

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