One of my favorite times of the week is Saturday morning. After my morning yoga practice and a nice breakfast at home with my wife, I love to venture out to the garden to see what’s new. This morning the sun was shining, and the leaves were pulsating in the morning breeze. I venture out with my pruning shears and long fillet knife prepared to cut a few fresh zucchinis, some fresh kale, or do some needed trimming. As you can see from the … [Read more...]
Learn About Sustainable Gardening at Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase Tour
The 5th Annual Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase Tour was held on Saturday April 20 and was once again a huge success. With Southern California's ongoing drought problems, sustainable gardening is becoming more and more important. This year’s tour showcased 98 gardens featuring drought resistant, sustainable gardens, chickens, aquaponic farming, and more. I had the pleasure of volunteering several hours at the tour’s Showcase Central and we … [Read more...]
Los Angeles Gardening Tips: January Garden To-Do List
Whether your garden is your hobby or you hire a service to take care of it for you, there are definite tasks that need to be done based on the time of year. Garden tasks can be broken down by month. Here is your January gardening to-do list. Although the numbers are not in yet to determine if December 2010’s rainfall record of 10.23” has been broken, Los Angelinos can all attest to the fact that December 2012 has been a pretty wet … [Read more...]