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Gardenerd at Green Beacon Foundation – Fall Garden Workshop

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Christy

Fall is just around the corner and Gardenerd has been invited to give a fall gardening workshop at the Green Beacon Foundation on Saturday, September 26th from 2-4 p.m.  Read the details below:

As a
recognized educational, non-profit organization, The Green Beacon Foundation
was designed to show people the simplicity of sustainability. We
conduct tours the first Saturday of the each month and feature green
processes & products ranging from “old-fashioned” to the latest
in design & technologies.

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Telluride Farmer’s Market

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Christy

For those who don’t know, Telluride, CO is one of the most active and environmentally aware communities in the U.S.  Not only do they host countless festivals, like the Telluride Film Festival, MountainFilm Festival and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, but they have a weekly farmer’s market that brings out the best of the town. 

My husband and I wandered through on Friday morning when the sun was shining and the mountain was clearly in view.

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Sprout Struggles

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Christy

A curious question came in this week to Ask Gardenerd:

“Hello-I’m starting some cool season plants from seed inside my house. I
planted some De Cicco Broccoli seeds in seed starting mix, and placed
in a window sill. The seeds sprouted in 3 days, which was definitely
exciting! But now a few days later, the little sprouts’ stems are about
2 inches tall and they are falling over. What may cause the sprouts to
grow too fast and become top heavy??”

First of all, congratulations on starting broccoli from seed!  It isn’t always the easiest thing to …
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Gardens of Telluride

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Christy

Once you arrive in Telluride, there is little need for a car, which makes for great sight-seeing on foot.  When I was last here in spring, the flowers were just starting to get going and there was still snow on the mountains. Now the gardens are in full bloom and everyone is making the most of their gardening space.  While I haven’t seen too many vegetable gardens, I have been charmed by the plenitude of cuteness in every corner.  I thought I’d share some photos from this beautiful mountain town:

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99.9% Homegrown Soup

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Christy

It’s hot as Hades and fires are burning everywhere.  The last thing on my mind is to fire up the oven to make dinner.  I’ve had a torn-out recipe from the summer 2008 issue of Edible Los Angeles magazine for…well…a year.  I’ve been wanting to make it since the first tomatoes of summer fell from the vine, but the timing wasn’t right.  Until today.  I couldn’t take it anymore. 

I made Colorful Gazpacho, which calls for 1 1/2 pounds each of 3 different colors of tomatoes.  Even though …
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A Season of Orach

Posted on August 27, 2009 by Christy

It’s sort of mean that we can’t grow salad greens in the summer here in So Cal.  It’s too hot and they bolt to seed so quickly.  I’ve tried growing lettuces under shade cloth and that helps a lot, but it’s nowhere near as delicious as fall-grown salad greens.  One way to combat the heat is to grow slow-bolt or heat tolerant varieties.  Another is to try something completely different.

Enter Orach Mountain Spinach. 

I know I’ve talked about this fantastic green before, but I’m going to expound on the wonders of Orach again because this year was particularly …
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Taming of the Asparagus

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Christy

I’m a little bit of a late bloomer.  Or maybe it’s just that I get used to looking at – or stepping over – something that’s in my way and then I don’t do anything about it for a long time.  It’s kind of like that pile of laundry in the middle of the room.  It doesn’t go away, but you start to ignore it – so it really isn’t there any more, right?

This was the case with the wild patch of asparagus in the raised beds.  We’re at the end of our second year, which means that …
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Eggplant Parmigiana – Under the Tuscan Sun Style

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Christy

I’ll admit it.  I’ve never made eggplant parmigiana.  I ate it growing up; as a picky eater it was probably the only way I’d ever eat eggplant.  So leave it to a gardenerd to grow eggplant and not know what to do with the finished result.  Until now.

I’ve been hoarding a copy of Frances Mayes Bringing Tuscany Home  for a few years now, just waiting for the perfect moment to strike, when I felt confident enough to try making what I thought would be a daunting recipe. The torn piece of paper marking the page was nearly withered …
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Gardenerd.com on LA Times.com Today

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Christy

Just caught sight of a post on the LA Times Blog in the Home Section about our upcoming Fall Garden Planning Workshop.  Check it out here:

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Pumpkins on the Early Side

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Christy

Believe it or not, our pumpkins have finished up already this year.  The vine has dried up and those bright orange globes are littered about the garden, just waiting for fall holiday celebrations.  But we had a good reason to put them to use right away in the middle of summer – curiosity. 

You may recall an earlier post where I talked about the crazy pumpkins taking over the yard:  Houston, we have some Squash!

What I didn’t mention is that, even though I hand pollinated all of those pumpkins, only 1 of them actually came out …
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