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Growing Swiss Chard – Nature’s Multivitamin
“Eat your greens.” How many times did you hear that as a child? If I had a dime for every time I sat in front of a cold plate of broccoli in
protest as a kid, I’d be a wealthy woman. Now, that has all changed.
I love Swiss Chard! I admit, the residual resistance to wilted green things put me off trying Swiss chard until someone gifted me with a bouquet of it a few years ago (yes …
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The Potato Experiment
I’ll admit it, I’ve never grown potatoes in the fall. It’s always been a spring thing for me. When some scary looking potatoes greeted me in the pantry the other day, however, that all changed. Our
Test Garden is chock-full of fall crops already, so there’s no room for potatoes, but where there’s a will, there’s a way. The Way of the Pot.
(Cue Zen Buddhist musical interlude)
Potatoes are well-known for being suitable for growing in containers. They can be grown in trash cans, burlap sacks, bags of …
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Home Grown Culver City
If you live in the Los Angeles area, and you want to venture out after the rain stops, head to the first ever Home Grown Culver City this
Saturday, October 23 from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. at Media Park in Culver City. Gardenerd will be there offering discounts on all our Gardenerd Store products and we’ll be standing by to answer your
gardening questions.
Rock Dust for a Rockin’ Garden
I love it when I get questions to which I don’t know the answer. It gives me a chance to learn more too:
“Hi, I have read of the benefits of using rock dust in the soil and wanted to know your experience or opinion about using it. Also, do you know of a source in the LA area? Thanks,
Alan”
Alan, I’ll be honest – I’ve never used rock dust in my garden, but I’ve done a …
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Growing Garbanzo Beans (that’s chickpeas to you, darling)
You’ll find them in Indian food, hearty soups, and as a ubiquitous staple of the salad bar at Soup Plantation, but you might not know how good they really are until you’ve cooked them yourself.
Garbanzo beans, also known as chick peas, are usually undercooked when you buy them canned, and certainly don’t hold a lot of flavor on their own (kind of like tofu), but they are a great base for
many dishes and very satisfying to grow.
We experimented with growing garbanzo beans in our test …
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Pure Joy in the Garden
Recently I finished teaching another round of classes at Santa Monica College’s Continuing Education Program, during which the students
planted a few seeds in plastic pots to take home with them. They planted either carrots, green onions or radishes (small plants that would do well in 6″ pots). They eagerly awaited for the
first signs of sprouting and enthusiastically reported back in the third or fourth week of class, “I have carrot sprouts!” I love seeing …
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Growing Popcorn
If there’s an inherent addition in my family, it’s popcorn. Start at the top of the bowl and eat until you hit bottom. That’s how it goes. My father went so
far as to buy the top of the line popper, special popcorn salt, and yes, even figured out to how keep buttered pop corn fresh until the next morning (hair of the dog).
As part of an effort to grow more compost crops we decided to try …
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Gardenerd Potluck and Seed Exchange Review
This past Saturday, August 7, was our very first Summer Potluck and Seed Exchange. About 40 gardenerds showed up to share the bounty of their
harvest, and they came away with a handful of new seeds to try next season. From simple dishes like a bowl of watermelon or a platter of caprese (basil, mozzarella, and tomatoes) to fanciful
recipes like homegrown banana bread cake or tomato and watermelon salad (YUM!), these gardenerds rose to the …
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Can you Pass the Soil Test – Part 2 – Phytoremediation
In our last episode, our protagonist was struggling to understand where excessive zinc levels came from in her garden soil. In case you missed it, you can read about it here: Can You Pass the Soil Test?
This week, we explore the world of phytoremediation as a possible solution. What the heck is that, you ask? To answer that question, let’s go back …
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Gardenerd Potluck Makes the LA Times
Thanks to our fabulous Nicole and her endeavors in PR, our upcoming Summer Harvest Potluck and Seed Exchange got a mention on the LA Times
blog this morning. Check it out and come join us for fun and food in the summer sun!
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2010/07/gardenerd-garden-nerd-seed-exchange.html
For more details, visit the Gardenerd Website.
Happy Gardening!