California Wildflower Hotline and Report
The Theodore Payne Foundation updates its wildflower hotline and online report each weekend. Want to know what wildflowers are blooming in California give them a call or download the PDF Continue Reading
Wildflower and California Poppy Bloom info
After a good year for rain, like this one, the California Poppy bloom, along with other wildflowers should be quite dramatic. You can keep abreast of what is happening by Continue Reading
In the news for Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Urban homesteaders find ideal ground in Altadena Neighbors swap produce, honey, eggs and much more in Altadena, where the urban homesteading movement has produced much more than sustenance. March 10, Continue Reading
In the news for Monday, March 14, 2011
The Dry Garden: Southern California’s most interesting experiment in water-wise landscaping March 12, 2011, Los Angeles Times, Emily Green “Spotting a pumpkin identified as a gourd prompted Leigh Adams to Continue Reading
AGN Gardening Events Calendar
Check out these gardening events in the Southern California area and elsewhere around the world. If you hosting gardening-related events, let me know and I will add them to the Continue Reading
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