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Blog Posts
- Greywater Project Finished! 24. October 2023
- Fruit Tree Tour 2019 10. June 2019
- Gardening Word of the Day: Mulching 18. April 2019
- Weird Biodynamic Tree Paste 18. February 2019
- Grafting Citrus Trees 7. February 2019
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Friends and Fruits
Recipes: in season now
Save the World
Videos
- Herbs: Some Fun Facts
- How To Know If Your Food Is Organic
- How To Prune Tomato Plants
- Jamie Oliver Contest
- Learn About Varieties of Herbs
- Learn About Varieties of Tomatoes
- Lower Point Vicente Community Orchard/Garden Proposal
- Organic Vs Conventional Farming
- Picking Fruits for Your Microclimate
- SteamWeeder Video
- Tips for Growing Your Tomatoes
- Using Low Water Irrigation
- Writeindependent.org's Video: Fix Congress
Category Archives: Gardening classes and opportunities to learn
Upcoming Workshops
This Saturday, September 4th, I will be hosting two (2) Tomato Workshops, as I have mentioned in my last post. Just email me whether you want to come at 10 am or 11:30 am at judyfrankel@gmail.com. Hurry, as spaces will … Continue reading
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Tomato Lovers Listen Up!
New workshop! Learn more about growing tomatoes throughout the winter! I will be hosting a one hour workshop at 10 am and then again at 11:30 on Saturday, September 4th. In this workshop I will discuss: Indeterminate vs determinate How … Continue reading
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Yours Truly in the LA Times!
You know you’ve “made it” when the LA Times prints your picture and an article about you! Wow! So for those of you who missed this past Saturday’s Home Section, here’s the link: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2010/07/tomato-pruning-techniques.html I’m getting a lot of calls … Continue reading
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LA Times Article July 31, 2010
There’s nothing quite like getting your name and picture in the paper. The hits on my website suddenly multiplied 24 fold! So for those of you who don’t read the LA Times, here’s the link: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2010/07/tomato-pruning-techniques.html I’m holding a seed … Continue reading
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Judy consults!
Hi lovers of homegrown foods! I’ve been away from the blog, but not the garden. I have too many potential customers, and always more people asking to belong to my CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) though I don’t have enough produce … Continue reading
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I’m not an alcoholic; I swear!
I’ve launched a full-scale war against snails and slugs, finally! I’m using beer traps and they actually WORK! I pour flat beer into shallow containers, the yeast attracts the snails and slug, they slide in for a drink and drown! … Continue reading
Want to pick a peach?
This Saturday, October 24th at 11:00 am, Russ Parsons, the LA Times Food Editor will be on hand at the Peninsula Library at 701 Silver Spur to give a lively talk and sign his books called How to Pick a … Continue reading
Peach tree pruning
I performed the summer pruning on my peach and nectarine trees. It took all of 45 minutes for 5 trees. Not bad. If anyone wants a quick primer, let me know and I’ll post it on this blog.
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Rare fruit trees
I planted three of the four trees today. I decided not to plant the Java Plum “Duhat” based on a review at http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/57324/ that said the tree is a big problem, and the fruit’s not that great. Decide for yourself, … Continue reading
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Garden of dreams
“Build it and they will come,” Phil Alden Robinson wrote in his movie “Field of Dreams”. That’s what I feel has happened in my garden, especially when Matt popped up from behind my fence and said “Wow, cool,” in his … Continue reading
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