Save time and money regrowing food. People tell me all the time they just don’t have the time (or the money) to start a garden. But, did you realize how many foods you can regrow from scraps? You can have quite a nifty little garden in your kitchen window if you save your scraps and […]
Conserve Water in Your Garden – New episode! – Kaye covers water saving strategies in the urban garden, with special guest, Patrick Dolan of One Yard Revolution. Rain barrels and rainwater capture, mulching, trays under containers, green sand, diatomaceous earth, and other strategies are discussed. Special vintage and fine art photo slideshow with audio recording […]
The ultimate seed swap took place in the late bloomer garden last Saturday thanks to the world wide web. A young Philippine gardener, daughter of a farmer, found Late Bloomer online and subscribed. We communicated a couple of times, and a few weeks ago she wrote to say her mother was coming to visit her brother and wife […]
The best way to eat a fig is with a hunk of goat cheese, draped in prosciutto, drizzled with extra virgin olive oil and sprinkled with cracked pepper! Especially tantalizing if it’s a fig from your own tree! Sliced in half or quartered makes a perfect mouthful! I planted my second fig tree this spring, after […]
Summer Solstice Garden Update – New Episode! Kaye capitalizes on a rare sunny morning, the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, to give you an update of the front yard food garden. First off, a stunning slideshow of flowers with music. Next a visit to the native garden mini-meadow where Princess Flower, “Purple Haze” […]
Harvest those carrots! See Kaye harvest about 15 pounds of carrots from her raised bed in “Harvesting Carrots,” episode 68 of Late Bloomer. Kaye talks about thinning, and what happens when you don’t thin, protection from raccoons, carrots bolting, and the importance of even watering. Don’t miss this episode! For the most part, I document […]
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Extreme Garden Makeover Day 2 picks up where Extreme Garden Makeover Day 1 leaves off. Kaye runs through the improvements and plantings for the summer garden, plus has an off-camera conversation with a neighbor concerned about sprinklers running a day after a rain. With the water shortage in California, this is a no-no. Hang in there for […]
Interview with Modern Cowboy, my Son – The latest offering on Late Bloomer | Urban Organic Garden Show is an interview I recorded with my son in Pescadero, California, two weeks ago. Combined with photos I’ve taken over three trips to TomKat Ranch, my sound editor Christina Horgan, created a slideshow to accompany the podcast, which is […]
Extreme Garden Makeover Day 1 – What happens when you don’t plant a winter garden? The self-seeders take over. Kaye gets a start on transforming the winter garden for summer in this episode of “Late Bloomer.” First, we get a look at all the self-seeders, primarily Borage, Nasturtium, Corn Daisy, Wild Arugula and German Chamomile. […]
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