Photo: Freesia
Freesia, originally uploaded by dewelch. A lovely freesia arrives as the earlier bulbs (paperwhites, Snowbells and daffodils) fade. Taken with Instagram iPhone app. Related posts: Event: Tomatomania 2011 – Encino Continue Reading
Descanso Gardens Cherry Blossom Festival, March 19-20, 2011
Descanso Gardens 1418 Descanso Drive, La Canada Flintridge, CA 91011. (818) 949 4200 The flowering of cherry trees is celebrated around the world as a herald of spring. Descanso Gardens Continue Reading
Event: Seeds, Please: Collecting, Processing and Storing Native Plant Seed with Genevieve Arnold
March 17, 2011 Seeds, Please: Collecting, Processing and Storing Native Plant Seed with Genevieve Arnold $20 The LA County Arboretum 301 North Baldwin Avenue Arcadia, CA 626-821-4623 Native seed ain’t Continue Reading
Elsewhere Online: Branch: A Cool New LED Garden Light Styled to Look Like a Twig
These lights do indeed look cool, as described on Inhabitat… “We’re big fans of all of the futuristic new LED lights that have been popping up, but sometimes their shiny, modern Continue Reading
Food: Homemade Ginger Beer
I was watching an episode of River Cottage, a UK food show a few weeks ago and came across this easy method for making your own ginger beer. The same Continue Reading
I Like This – March 11, 2011
A collection of career items I found interesting this week. Start a Plant in a CD Spindle Case [Clever Uses] – March 6, 2011 – I love recycling ideas. I’m Continue Reading
Giveaway: Melissa’s Everyday Cooking with Organic Produce by Cathy Thomas
“Like” the Gardener’s Notebook Facebook page before March 31, 2011 for a chance to win my review copy of Melissa’s Everyday Cooking with Organic Produce by Cathy Thomas. I will Continue Reading
AGN is now on Facebook
I set up a Facebook page for A Gardener’s Notebook a long time ago, but never really promoted or activated it. If you prefer to interact on Facebook, you can Continue Reading
What I’m Reading…The Brother Gardeners by Andrea Wulf
The Brother Gardeners: A Generation of Gentlemen Naturalists and the Birth of an Obsession by Andrea Wulf From the Random House web site… This is the fascinating story of a Continue Reading
Video: Watering seedlings made easy
My friend, Frieda, has a great idea for recycling a water bottle into a gentle seedling watering system in this iPhone video. You can find all of Freida’s Videos on Continue Reading