Amanda ‘Kiss My Aster’ Thomsen on Her Gardening Book, Punk-Rock Plants, and the Biggest Mistake Made by Newbies
"Setting up your perennial garden may seem intimidating, but don't be afraid...
08 July, 2013
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Sow Simple: The Garden Stamp Takes the Pressure Out of Seed Placement
Overcrowded kohlrabi? Squash getting squished? Gardeners are finding their cure to gridlocked beds in the Garden Stamp, which allows for even, consistently spaced sewing of seeds in raised beds, containers and square-foot plots. The new, sleekly designed tool — a square foot of pegs with a...
11 June, 2013
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A Little Kelp From My Friends: How to Make Liquid Seaweed Fertilizer
Yesterday, we started our very first batch of liquid seaweed fertilizer. As relative newcomers to gardening, we can be delinquent about (because we're intimidated by) fertilizing. Maybe that’s why we’re so attached to our carnivores — because they infamously self-fertilize? But we’re coming around. We recently discovered...
03 June, 2013
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Two New Shows Explore Hidden Orchards, Local Food Sources and Living Off the Land
Attention, residents of San Diego County: Two new series, premiering tonight on KPBS, will give you a whole new appreciation for our fertile terrain. A Growing Passion airs at 8:30 PM and is followed by Savor San Diego With Su-Mei Yu, airing at 9:30 PM. (But...
02 May, 2013
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Feats of Strength: How to Prune Your Strelitzia Bird of Paradise
Wildlife differs ferociously from continent to continent, but birdwatchers from here to Melbourne have one creature in common: Strelitzia reginae. We've got a bird of paradise shrub in our yard that blooms twice a year, late fall through winter and late spring through summer. To keep...
28 January, 2013
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