Kaye does it again, crowds everything together! Predictably, in a coastal microclimate like Pacific Palisades has, cucurbits (cucumber, squash, melons) get hit with downy mildew. The good news is Kaye achieves perfect corn pollination, thanks to daily shaking of the tassels. All the corn gets eaten raw in the garden. And there are baskets of […]
Late Bloomer – Summer Garden Update – Part 1 covers what you can grow in 300 square feet in a front yard, in this case, amaranth, corn, cucumbers, zucchini, beans, tomatoes, California native plants and more. The Nanday Conure wild parrot flock return to destroy Kaye’s sunflowers, and amaranth shoots survive transplant. Kaye tries flytraps […]
Seed Freedom Fest to make Los Angeles a “GMO-Free Zone” brought together seed savers, seed lovers, live music and theatre, silkscreening, hand-crafted local foods, and local politicians at the Venice Learning Garden, Saturday, August 17. “Seed Freedom LA is working with LA City Hall to have L.A. declared a“GMO-Free Zone” to protect homegrown food in our home gardens, school […]
Late Bloomer – Winter Garden Wrap-up – Episode 32 finds Kaye pulling out all the sweet peas in her winter garden. It’s Easter and time to prepare for the summer garden. She learns the lesson, again, not to crowd vegetables together, especially in a coastal microclimate. Kaye runs into the usual suspects, aphids, slugs and […]
Late Bloomer Lesson #1 for Garden Issues covers a problem that has arisen in July in the Late Bloomer Garden. If you have downloaded my free ebook, “10 Steps to a Great First Garden,” (sign-up box on right), you will have heard of my LBL’s, or Late Bloomer Lessons. The beautiful, wondrous and sometimes frustrating thing about […]
Late Bloomer – Arts & Ag – Part 3 – Episode 31 completes the trilogy Kaye shot over Memorial Day weekend in Hickman County, Tennessee. From locally grown foods and live music to handmade goods, the Arts & Ag Tour had it all! Kaye’s first stop is just outside Centerville, where she checks out antiques at April’s Attic, […]
Late Bloomer – Arts & Ag – Part 2 – Episode 30 covers Kaye’s visit to Hickman County, Tennessee, over Memorial Day weekend. From locally grown foods and live music to handmade goods, the Arts & Ag Tour had it all! Local photographer Cindy Sarlo captured all 25 exhibitors over Friday and Saturday. Check out her Arts & Ag […]
Late Bloomer – Arts & Ag – Part 1 – Episode 29 covers Kaye’s visit to Hickman County, Tennessee, over Memorial Day weekend. From locally grown foods and live music to handmade goods, the Arts & Ag Tour had it all! Part 1 begins with a quick stop into Wild Duck Soup Emporium on the public square in […]
Mennonites living a meaningful life in Middle Tennessee & the availability of fresh produce & dairy – I checked my thesaurus for the word meaningful and found these adjectives: significant, relevant, important, consequential, valid, worthwhile, sincere, deep, serious, in earnest, expressive, and eloquent. I found, on my recent trip to Tennessee, every one of these descriptions to be true. First, a […]
Preserving the old corn growing traditions is what Tim Hobbs, millwright and master corn grinder, and his wife Frances are doing in Bon Aqua, Tennessee. On a recent visit to Tennessee, my home state, I dropped in on Tim and Frances, retired schoolteachers, to learn how Tim is perserving the old corn growing traditions and […]
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