HOW TO GROW A STRAWBERRY PATCH
0January 2, 2020 by Hope Gardens
Hello garden warriors! I’ve had my vegetable gardening business for ten years and a plant that has vexed my clients …
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Category DIY Garden Guides, Vegetable gardening | Tags: Garden, strawberry, vegetable beds
Grow Your Own Thanksgiving
0October 26, 2019 by Hope Gardens
“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls …
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Category Uncategorized | Tags: crafts, Garden, gardening, herbs, holiday, Home garden, recipe, Vegetable Garden, vegetable gardening
HG Quick Tip: Keep your precious soil microbes alive and well with a hose filter.
0June 28, 2019 by Hope Gardens
One of the easiest ways to keep your soil healthy is to invest in a hose filter. A hose filter …
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Category Landscaping, Vegetable gardening | Tags: Garden, microbes, organic, Vegetable Garden
How to Blanch Greens (the easy way), starring those superstars of nutrition, broccoli leaves
0April 3, 2019 by Hope Gardens
Sure, the traditional green broccoli head floret is very attractive and to grow one feels like such an accomplishment. But …
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Category Recipes, Vegetable gardening | Tags: blanch, blanching, broccoli, Garden, GREENS, Harvest, recipe, vegetable beds, Vegetable Garden, vegetable gardening
Save the Monarchs…in your own backyard. A guide to attracting and raising butterflies.
2January 15, 2019 by Hope Gardens
Last year my husband and I started making a concerted effort to protect Monarch butterflies in our backyard. We would …
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Hope Gardens Seed Starting Guide
0September 30, 2017 by Hope Gardens
Hope Gardens Seed Starting Guide Notes: Sunflowers are sensitive to root disturbance so be careful when transplanting. Swiss Chard …
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Before & After Landscaping Photos: Jason & Sarah
0August 1, 2017 by Hope Gardens
My lovely friends Jason and Sarah, LA’s best pet trainers at Connected Canine, were such an inspiration. Check out their …
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Is It Cool In Here Or Is It Just My Garden?
0October 5, 2016 by Hope Gardens
Hope Gardens Fall/Winter Veggie Guide…your how-to guide for cool-weather vegetable gardening Save
Category DIY Garden Guides, Vegetable gardening | Tags: Agriculture, Carrot, companion planting, Compost, Cook, edible garden, edible gardening, fall, flower, fruit, Garden, Garlic, GREENS, Harvest, Home, Home garden, Los Angeles, organic, pea, Plant, Radish, raised bed, raised bed garden, raised garden bed, Salad, Seed, Snap pea, Soil, Southern California, Square foot gardening, Vegetable, vegetable gardening, veggie, winter
How to Grow Blueberries
0July 5, 2016 by Hope Gardens
“Blue skies smilin’ at me Nothin’ but blue skies do I see Bluebirds singin’ a song Nothin’ but blue skies …
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Category DIY Garden Guides, Vegetable gardening | Tags: Agriculture, blueberries, blueberry, Cook, edible garden, edible gardening, flower, fruit, Garden, Harvest, Home, Home garden, Los Angeles, nature, organic, Plant, Southern California, summer, Vegetable Garden, vegetable gardening
A MONTH OF WINTER VEGGIES: BROCCOLI (and the real star: their LEAVES)
0December 30, 2014 by Hope Gardens
When you have limited space in your home vegetable garden, you have to make tough choices about what to grow. …
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Category Recipes, Vegetable gardening | Tags: Agriculture, companion planting, Compost, Cook, Cooking, edible garden, edible gardening, flower, Garden, GREENS, Harvest, Home, Home garden, juicing, organic, raised bed garden, raised garden bed, recipe, Square foot gardening, Vegetable, Vegetable Garden
Raised Bed Veggie Gardens
0September 9, 2014 by Hope Gardens
Gallery of beautiful raised beds and protective hutches. We use redwood as it is natural and pest and rot-resistant. Cedar …
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Drought-Tolerant Landscaping
0May 4, 2014 by Hope Gardens
Hope Gardens promotes a more environmentally-conscious approach to landscaping. Fortunately, this can still mean a colorful garden, full of contrast …
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Category Landscaping | Tags: Garden, landscaping. drought, native, Southern California
Growing Gardeners
0January 16, 2014 by Hope Gardens
These smiles tell the story of how much kids love to be in the garden. And I luh-huv working with …
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Category Vegetable gardening | Tags: Garden, kids, organic, raised beds, Southern California, vegetable beds, Vegetable Garden
A MONTH OF WINTER VEGGIES: BEETS (and the blog-bombing PEA SHOOT)
1January 10, 2014 by Hope Gardens
I love you guys. I mean it. Cause I don’t even like beets. But YOU do. And beets are easy …
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Category Recipes, Vegetable gardening | Tags: Beet, companion planting, Cook, Garden, Garlic, GREENS, Harvest, Home, Home garden, organic, pea shoot, Plant, potato, raised bed garden, Salad, Snap pea, Soil, Square foot gardening, Vegetable, Vegetable Garden, Vinegar
A MONTH OF WINTER VEGGIES: KOHLRABI
0January 8, 2014 by Hope Gardens
Now here’s a veggie totally suited for a WTF, CSA? blog. This veggie is sometimes called the sputnik of vegetables …
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Category Recipes, Vegetable gardening | Tags: Compost, Cook, edible garden, edible gardening, flower, Garden, garden bed, Garlic, GREENS, Harvest, Home, Home garden, kale, kohlrabi, organic, Plant, raised bed, raised bed garden, raised garden bed, recipe, Square foot gardening, Vegetable, Vegetable Garden
A Month of Winter Veggies: ARUGULA
0January 6, 2014 by Hope Gardens
Welcome to the wonderful wonders of WINTER GARDENS! I am profiling my favorite winter veggies this month. I hope to …
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Category Recipes, Vegetable gardening | Tags: Agriculture, arugula, Compost, Cook, edible gardening, flower, Garden, GREENS, Harvest, Home, Home garden, lettuce, organic, Plant, raised bed, raised bed gardening, recipe, Salad, Seed, Square foot gardening, Vegetable Garden, vegetable gardening
5 Secrets to Growing Great Carrots
0October 29, 2013 by Hope Gardens
Carrots are delicious, nutritious and fun to grow, but surprisingly challenging. These five tips will make sure your planting is …
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Category Vegetable gardening | Tags: Agriculture, Carrot, Compost, Cook, flower, Garden, Harvest, Home, Home garden, lettuce, Los Angeles, nature, organic, Plant, Radish, raised bed garden, raised garden bed, Soil, Square foot gardening, Vegetable, Vegetable Garden
“The best fertilizer is the shadow of the gardener.”
0October 13, 2013 by Hope Gardens
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Protect That Precious Garden
1August 21, 2013 by Hope Gardens
There’s nothing worse than planting that perfect garden only to have it decimated by critters. One nightly visit by a …
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Category Vegetable gardening | Tags: Cat, Door, fence, Feral cat, Garden, garden bed, hutch, Pets, Plant, raised bed, raised bed garden, raised garden bed, United States, Vegetable
Why Winter is the Coolest Growing Season Around
0August 16, 2013 by Hope Gardens
“Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.” Pietro Aretino We are so fortunate here in Southern …
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Category Vegetable gardening | Tags: Garden, Home garden, Leaf vegetable, Plant, Purple Haze, raised bed garden, Snap pea, Southern California, Square foot gardening, Vegetable, Winter garden
Cooking With Turnip Greens
0July 29, 2013 by Hope Gardens
Turnip greens can be picked gingerly while turnips are growing. You can probably get one or two harvests before allowing …
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Category Recipes | Tags: Black pepper, Cook, Dijon, Garlic, GREENS, Mustard (condiment), Olive oil, recipe, Tablespoon, Turnip
Cooking with Radish Greens
0July 29, 2013 by Hope Gardens
Radish greens are delicious in potato soup. A very simple way to prepare radish greens is to saute them in …
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Category Recipes | Tags: Black pepper, Cook, Granny Smith, GREENS, Home, Kosher salt, Radish, recipe, Salad, Vinegar
Cooking with Beet Greens
0July 29, 2013 by Hope Gardens
This simple classic (which can be made with any type of green) is great on its own as a side …
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Category Recipes | Tags: Beet, Condiments, Cook, Crushed red pepper, Garlic, GREENS, Olive oil, recipe, Tablespoon, Vinegar
Cooking with Mustard Greens
0July 29, 2013 by Hope Gardens
Mustard is handy in the garden as a great companion plant and when left to go to seed, the tiny …
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Category Recipes | Tags: Brassica juncea, Broth, Cook, Garden, Garlic, Home, Home garden, Olive oil, Onion, organic, Plant, recipe, Sautéing
Cooking with Collard Greens
0July 29, 2013 by Hope Gardens
Collard greens are often associated with heavy Southern cooking which can include a lot of fattening pork and/or bacon. Here’s …
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Category Recipes | Tags: Broth, Collard greens, Cook, Garlic, Home, Liquid smoke, Olive oil, recipe, Vinegar
A Dozen Homemade Organic Garden Remedies
49January 3, 2013 by Hope Gardens
Veggie gardens need special care. Vegetable plants are prone to all sorts of disease and fungus. They are highly sought …
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Category DIY Garden Guides, Vegetable gardening | Tags: Castile soap, Dishwashing liquid, flower, Garden, Home, organic, Organic Oil Soap Pesticide Spray, Plant, Sea spray, Seaweed fertiliser, Sodium bicarbonate, Spray bottle
The best compatible flowers for organic vegetable growing
4September 19, 2012 by Hope Gardens
Planting flowers in the garden is very important. If you didn’t do it when you installed your garden, I will …
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Category Landscaping, Vegetable gardening | Tags: bees, companion planting, compatible plants, flower, Garden, Home garden, organic, Plant, Vegetable
Compost 101
4August 16, 2012 by Hope Gardens
Composting is confounding to a lot of people. Let’s see if we can clear the air and get everyone composting …
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Category DIY Garden Guides, Vegetable gardening | Tags: Compost, Garden, worm
Radish – From Seed to Plate
4August 3, 2012 by Hope Gardens
Plant, harvest and prepare radishes with this handy how-to guide. HOW TO PLANT & HARVEST Radishes are winter veggies. Plant …
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Category Recipes, Vegetable gardening | Tags: Carrot, Garden, Harvest, Radish, Seed, Seedling, Soil, Square foot gardening
Cooking with Kale
0December 28, 2010 by Hope Gardens
Kale, like other greens, can be juiced with carrots and pureed raw in fruit smoothies…and hardly tasted by children and the green-phobic.
Here’s a great recipe for kale chips from www.food-loves-wine.com. Follow Sara on Twitter too. http://twitter.com/#!/foodloveswine.
Category Recipes | Tags: Garden, kale, kale chips, organic, recipe
Cooking Swiss Chard
0December 17, 2010 by Hope Gardens
To prepare Swiss Chard, after cleansing well, pull leaves away from thick stalks. Chop the stalks up and then tear the leaves in smaller pieces.
Category Recipes | Tags: Garden, Home, organic, recipe, swiss chard
Support your veggies!
0June 22, 2019 by Hope Gardens
Summer is all about plant supports. You may know about beans and tomatoes needing posts and cages, but did you …
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Category Vegetable gardening | Tags: Garden, garden bed, gardening, organic, organic garden, organic gardening, raised bed, raised bed garden, raised bed gardening, raised beds, raised garden bed, Square foot gardening, summer, Summer squash, supports, vegetable beds, Vegetable Garden, vegetable gardening, verticalgarden, verticalgardening
HOW TO GROW TOMATOES. PERIOD.
0May 12, 2019 by Hope Gardens
There’s LOTS of ways to grow your tomatoes but in our suburban/urban gardening experience this is what works and can …
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Category DIY Garden Guides, Landscaping, Uncategorized | Tags: containergardening, Garden, gardening, Harvest, heirloom, Heirloom tomato, homegrown, organic, permaculture, raised bed, raised bed garden, raised bed gardening, raised beds, raised garden bed, Tomato, urban farm, Vegetable, vegetable beds, Vegetable Garden, vegetable gardening, veggie
Hope Gardens Ten Year Anniversary!
0April 2, 2019 by Hope Gardens
My little company was founded in April 2009! Ten years has FLOWN by. We are celebrating in lots of ways …
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Romaine Recall Redonkulous
0November 21, 2018 by Hope Gardens
I feel compelled to address the issue of the CDC recalling all forms of romaine lettuce. This action brings up …
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Landscaping Photos: Josh & Jen
0October 3, 2018 by Hope Gardens
Working around and under palm trees can be tricky. Palm trees have fine invasive roots that choke out plants growing …
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