May in Our Southern California Gardens

Winter chard next to summer cucumbers is May's garden in a nutshell. The Winter crops are coming out faster now and soon will be a memory while we enjoy Greek salads of cucumbers and tomatoes with...

April In The Garden

The summer garden's plants are in their little starter pots right now (vaguely reminiscent of training wheels on a bicycle) really begging to be transplanted into the earth. Tomatoes, peppers and...

March!

March. Baseball teams are in Spring Training in Florida and Arizona. Tomatoes are growing in a protected location with 'bottom heat' so they can be set out in the garden close to the end of April....

Whoops! Running Behind: February

February Summer's harvest from last year include these gorgeous peppers (what did I plant last year?) and San Marzano tomatoes. Both were prolific and delicious. When summer is over, I don't want...

Pssst.... Wanna Grow A Few Vegetables?

GROW FRESH ORGANIC FOOD NOW! 02 February - from 10 to noon, the Gardenmaster, David King, tells all on Growing Food in Southern California, AKA What To Do And When To Do It - this workshop takes...

It's Been How Many Years?

I was shocked to discover that I paid for the lagardenblog.com url five years ago on January 12th! It doesn't seem like I've been at this that long. Looking back, I loved how I was putting up...

January

Most years I post a broccoli photo with rain on it for January's picture. This year it's frost! Take on January 5th about 7:30 AM, this broccoli is coated in frost as were most of the plants in the...

December in The Southern California Garden

Baby beets coming along just like they're supposed to do in the Winter – the gardener can snip leaves of some of the plants for salads while leaving those that remain to grow the delicious roots –...

October in The Southern California Garden

Seedlings in terra cotta pots getting ready to be transplanted into slightly larger containers. On the left, broccoli and cabbages have two seed leaves while the two pots on the right must be...

The Most Complete Gardening Bibliography I've Ever Put Together

This is the most comprehensive list I've come up with – but there are a lot more books out there. If you find one that's not on this list, let me know! Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The...

Next Growing Food Class: September 1, 2012!

Growing Food in Southern California with David King 1st Saturday of Every Month, 10AM - 12PM atThe Learning Garden at Venice HighVenice Blvd & Walgrove Ave, Venice, CA 90291 Grow Food classes are...

August

Cannellini BeansA pair of hands sifts through the harvest of Cannellini beans; 12 feet of row netted just shy of 10 pounds. I am thinking a family of four would use about 50 pounds in a year. But...

Next Growing Food Class: August 4th, 2012

Grow Food in Southern California withDavid King1st Saturday of Every Month, 10AM - 12PM atThe Learning Garden at Venice HighVenice Blvd & Walgrove Ave, Venice, CA 90291Grow Food classes are...

Grow Food in Southern California withDavid King1st Saturday of Every Month, 10AM - 12PM atThe Learning Garden at Venice HighVenice Blvd & Walgrove Ave, Venice, CA 90291Grow Food classes are...

The Garden In July

Corn standing tall in the garden promises good eating right around the corner. As a boy in Kansas, I knew my grandfathers goal every year was to harvest sweet ears by July 4th. He and his neighbors...

June (Better Late Than Never!)

Its tomato time! This is one of the so-called black tomatoes with the dark green shoulders. Most of these are rarely seen in the grocers shelves because they have such thin skin. I tell gardeners...

For Plant Study School: Handout 1, A Bibliography

American Horticultural Society Plant Propagation: The Fully Illustrated Plant-by-Plant Manual of Practical Techniques, Toogood, Alan, © 1999 DK Adult, A nice enough book and if you get into...

Whole Foods Market Venice, CA

Urban Agriculture Threatened by More GMO Technology

Monsanto will sell GMO sweet corn for plantings this fall, said Danielle Stuart, a company spokeswoman.The seed, to be sold under Monsanto’s Seminis Performance Series label, protects against...

Seed Saving 101: Spring 2012

The Learning Garden in conjunction with the Seed Library of Los Angeles offer Seed Saving 101 Learning Gardenmaster and SLOLA Chair, David King will teach this introduction to saving seeds from...

INTERMEDIATE VICTORY GARDENING!

Offered by The Learning Garden under the auspices of the University of California Extension: Four classes to really give you the dirt on gardening! Expand your skill level and appreciate the world...

Garden Master & Author David King At Santa Monica College on March 27

CONTACT: Bruce Smith FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Public Information Officer DATE: March 12, 2012 (310) 434-4209 www.smc.edu “SEEDS: LOCAL & GLOBAL” AT SMC MARCH 27 Santa Monica College is pleased to...

The Southern California Garden in March

March. Baseball teams are in Spring Training in Florida and Arizona. Tomatoes are growing in a protected location with bottom heat so they can be set out in the garden close to the end of April....

The Garden In February

Summers harvest from last year include these gorgeous peppers (what did I plant last year?) and San Marzano tomatoes. Both were prolific and delicious. When summer is over, I dont want to touch...

Januarys Garden

Rain on a broccoli, the photographer and his camera. We are grateful for the rain - even this so-called negligible precipitation. A drought is predicted, but since when have they been right? One of...

Real Men Don’t Cry in Their Quiche

(NB This is an essay from a few years ago I have dug out and rewritten. I guess, having finished the first major rewrite of my first book has left me with a yen to do more re-writing. I stumbled...

The Food Movement: Its Power and Possibilities

"The number of hungry people has soared to nearly 1 billion, despite strong global harvests. And for even more people, sustenance has become a health hazard—with the US diet implicated in four out...

The Garden In September

Lettuce is one of our winter crops in Los Angeles – this red lettuce, Merville des Quatres Saissons (Marvel of the Four Seasons) is more like Marvel of the Two Seasons here – our summers are way...

Growing Food In Southern California: What to Do & When To Do It

David King Teaches Gardening To Everyone! This Saturday, September 3rd, The Learning Garden presents: Growing food In Southern California with David King. This 9 to 12 workshop centers on what to...

The Garden In August

A pair of hands sifts through the harvest of Cannellini beans; 12 feet of row netted just shy of 10 pounds. I am thinking a family of four would use about 50 pounds in a year. But this is just one...