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Inviting in the Bugs: 11 Plants to Increase Garden Diversity
Read MoreThe Good, the bad and the ugly. Gardeners talk about bugs like they are characters in a Western; ladybugs in a white hat, aphids in black. Ecology, however, is much…
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What I’m Reading: Insects and Gardens
Read MoreWe do not see most of the interactions in our gardens: ladybugs and ants wage war, aphids give virgin births and wasps lay their eggs on the backs of caterpillars.…
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What Are Garlic Scapes? Grow and Cook With This Garden Delicacy
Read MoreGarlic scapes are a rare delicacy. In spring they briefly appear at farmer’s markets then disappear. You may have come across them at the farmer’s market, wondered what they were,…
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Eat Your Flowers: 10 Easy to Grow Edible Flowers
Read MoreFlowers are not there for our enjoyment. Think of them as that lit up “liquor” sign down the street; bright, inviting, the promise of something good. But, this promise is for…
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Wild Foraging: Cooking With Wild Mustard
Read MoreWild mustard is despised among native plant activist. It smothers native plants and flowers transforming the landscape of the United States. Each plant can produce up to 500 seeds allowing…
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Urban Foraging: Vegan Mint and Loquat Ice Cream
Read MoreIn my previous post we explored foraging in the urban landscape. Food is growing wild all over our cities, we just need to retrain our eyes to see it. One…
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Urban Foraging: Connecting With Our Cities in a New Way
Read MoreBefore it was subdivisions and Home Depots, the San Fernando Valley was citrus orchards. Little of this history remains; an orange grove at California State University Northridge and at Orcutt…
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What I’m Reading: The Urban Homestead
Read MoreThere is a movement happening in America’s cities. A movement of people who map edible trees in their neighborhoods and eat weeds growing from cracks in the sidewalk. These people…
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Wild Foraging: How to Make Horehound Cough Drops
Read MoreWhen candy shops spelled shop ‘shoppe’ and children saved their nickels to buy candy cigarettes, you could buy unwrapped horehound cough drops covered in powdered sugar. These cough drops were…
It’s time to plant your winter greens
