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Friday, October 30 at 8:00am - Garden to Table
El Segundo Whole Foods Market
Saturday, September 5 at 11:00am
Ophelia I used copper strips around the top lip of my planting boxes as a chemical-free way to keep away snails and slugs, and it appears to work. Have others used this, and will the effectiveness wear off as the copper ages and gains a patina?
Home Grown Edible Landscapes
"SOIL SAMPLING USING HOME TEST KITS" - see the guide from UC Davis at myhgel.com.
These kits are easy to use, cheap and available at your nursery or hardware store.
Home Grown Edible Landscapes
Thanks to the HGELers who shared their spring plans with us!
Now...let's get down to work.
JOB # 1 - Prep the soil...
Here's the first in a series of links I'll be posting on soil management. There's also more info at http://www.homegrownediblelandscapes.com
Watch for "SPRING/SUMMER Gardening..." to be up on the site this Friday!
ag.arizona.edu
The ideal vegetable garden soil is deep, friable, well-drained, and has high organic matter content. Proper soil preparation provides the basis for good seed germination and subsequent growth of garden crops. ...
Laura herb garden, basic veges, fruit trees (some are already in place :)) AND whatever it takes to make the whole thing organic.
Diane Herb garden and the fixings for salad...something smaller scale for a subdivision, but I have few decent sized spots that seem to get good sunlight. Lots of morning sun in the backyard, steady sunlight on the side of the house.
Suzy
Hello Master gardener and fans! :o)
I wanted to take a quick poll: In your opinion, what are the top ten things to grow in your yard (besides a veggie garden)? I have a small list started...help me out!
1. Berry bushes (blue, black, rasp.)
2. Grape vines
3. herb garden
4. Fruit trees
Jocelyn
Here is one that might be fun:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes-and-c
Naomi check out my photos of the Certified Farmers Market.... all colors straight from nature and not digitalized or enhanced in any way! Here's to the Farmers and gardeners at these Markets.
Naomi Tomato plant pushing up now!
Harriette Speaking of weeds, anyone have a good orgnic solution for oxalis? I have dug and pulled for 4 years now and still, when it's finally dry enough to start digging, the oxalis rolls and flows all over my back yard. Now that my soil is finally in pretty good shape, the oxalis grows at least a foot and a half high!
Pauline Grace Is "crab grass" and "bermuda grass" the same thing? Or is crab grass a weed that looks like bermuda?
Home Grown Edible Landscapes
ROSES, NATIVES, EDIBLES...WANT TO FIND A GARDEN WORKSHOP NEAR YOU?
Check out myhgel.com and click on "HGEL Favorite Resources". There are links to most MG sites in CA and a county-by-county listing of classes. If you don't find what you need, let me know.
Home Grown Edible Landscapes
"What's the Soil Food Web?" you ask. Well, we better 'school' you before you start playing in the dirt. Here you go...
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/mg452
Home Grown Edible Landscapes Hey Jeanne B. I have roses in my garden (rose hips and petals are edible!). Here's a great link to Farmer Fred's (a CA MG) blog on pruning roses. It includes pictures which is always helpful. I've also got a great PDF on correct pruning from UCDavis. Email me at info@myhgel.com and I'll send it to you. ALSO - There are... great rose pruning workshops coming up all over. Tell me where you're gardening and I'll hook you up!
www.farmerfred.com
Christmas to Washington's Birthday is rose pruning time here in the Valley. In this mild winter area of California, roses do not need as severe a pruning as some East Coast-based rose primers might suggest. ...
