By Lisa Gustavson, Getinthegarden.com Are you looking for an easy garden project to occupy your time while early sown seeds germinate and snows melt away? Seed tapes are the answer. They’re super-simple to make, use everyday items in your home and make sowing small seeds like lettuces and flowers a snap! Seed tapes are simply […]
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The University of California Cooperative Extension is organizing workshops in various communities throughout Los Angeles County to teach residents how to grow their own vegetables. I am excited to be teaching one at Saturn Elementary School. You’re all invited. 4 Sunday classes (12 noon – 3 PM) beginning 4/11/10 Where: Saturn Elementary School 5360 Saturn […]
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (OAEC) School Garden Program announces the release of “A Handful of Seeds” – a new publication on seed saving and seed study for educators. This guide is available now as a free PDF download on their website. CLICK HERE to download the 91 page (1.6MB) full color illustrated guide. Inside […]
Starside Elementary School in De Soto, Kansas is tending to a collection of worms that are helping to break down cafeteria waste. The school has twelve bins or factories of the Pennsylvania red wigglers to help create the compost. See article here and make sure to check out the accompanying video.
1) Make a scarecrow. See Atlanta Botanical Gardens 2009 Scarecrow Winners for inspiration. 2) Paint a sign. Nothing says Our Garden like a freshly painted sign. See 25 photos of garden signs from Life Lab. 3) Build a trellis. Trellises are needed throughout the year to support such vegetables as peas, pole beans, tomatoes, melons, […]
Always a difficult decision. Tomatoes (and corn) is everyone’s favorite homegrown vegetable. We’ll be starting them indoors in late February and early March. If you haven’t gotten your seeds yet, get them NOW. This year I’ve decided on Aunt Ruby’s German Green, Pineapple Tomato, Cherokee Purple and Sungold Tomato. Sungolds are bright orange, cherry tomatoes, […]
We have a volunteer sunflower growing in our garden. Volunteers are plants that come up on their own without being intentionally planted. In the case of our sunflower we had planted some nearby last spring. In another garden we had lots of volunteers that sprang up after deadheading the season before. Its a good idea […]