THE CABBAGE HILL ANIMAL-FREE FERTILIZER LINE
0April 27, 2023 by Hope Gardens

Cabbage Hill Animal-Free fertilizers come in a dry, granular, traditional formula and concentrates. Our dry fertilizers come in 1lb ($10), …
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Category Fertilizer, Vegan, Vegetable gardening | Tags: fertilizer, Garden, Home garden, Plant, PLANT PARENT, VEGANIC, Vegetable Garden
Vegan Fertilizer Investor Invitation
0April 16, 2023 by Hope Gardens

Cabbage Hill Fertilizer Co. The first animal-free fertilizer company. Finally, something to feel good about! Here’s the Cabbage Hill business …
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How is Livestock Waste Organic?
0April 7, 2023 by Hope Gardens

Animal waste is the backbone of organic fertilizer. Bone meal, blood meal, urea, feather meal, fish meal, leather dust, poultry …
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Category Fertilizer, Social Justice, Vegan | Tags:
I HAVE LEARNED MUCH MORE THAN GARDENING FROM GARDENING
0March 29, 2023 by Hope Gardens

Growing food has linked me to much more than my 4 x 8 raised bed. Take a look at what …
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Category Social Justice, Vegan, Vegetable gardening | Tags:
It Gets Hot
0March 29, 2023 by Hope Gardens

When you love gardening, you have to tolerate some hot weather. And “weather” that’s a dry heat or a muggy …
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Category Vegetable gardening | Tags:
Best Practices
1March 29, 2023 by Hope Gardens

This is it! The backbone of my gardening philosophy. I believe it is important to educate yourself on the best …
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Category DIY Garden Guides, Vegetable gardening | Tags:
Use It All
0September 5, 2022 by Hope Gardens

There’s so much to use of your homegrown vegetable plants. So much more than is available at the grocery store. …
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Category Recipes, Vegetable gardening | Tags:
Why Climate Matters to the Home Gardener
0September 5, 2022 by Hope Gardens
Category Landscaping, Vegetable gardening | Tags:
12 Ways to Utilize Your Garden
0September 5, 2022 by Hope Gardens
Category Vegetable gardening | Tags: Garden, Home garden, organic, Plant, raised bed garden, recipe, Vegetable, Vegetable Garden
5 Strategies to Improve Your Garden While the World Melts
0August 16, 2022 by Hope Gardens
Category Vegetable gardening | Tags:
How To Maintain the Summer Garden
0May 19, 2022 by Hope Gardens

Maintaining the garden is of the upmost importance to plant health. Here I break down my process. There’s a worksheet …
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De-Bunking No-Till in the Home Garden
0May 8, 2022 by Hope Gardens

Regenerative garden practices are the backbone of my garden philosophy. Soil health is too important to have mis-information and confusion …
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Category Vegetable gardening | Tags:
Vermicomposting
0November 17, 2021 by Hope Gardens

worm castings forever! Have you heard of vermicomposting? It’s a lot like regular composting in that you can make good …
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Category DIY Garden Guides, Vegetable gardening | Tags: Compost, Garden, Home garden, organic, Square foot gardening, Vegetable, Vegetable Garden, vermicomposting, worm castings
Climate Gardening – your seasonal gardening guide to zones 9 -10
0November 14, 2021 by Hope Gardens

It’s crucial that home gardeners respond to the actual weather they are experiencing rather than what month is on the …
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Category DIY Garden Guides, Landscaping, Vegetable gardening | Tags: climate change, Garden, global warming, seasonality, Vegetable, Vegetable Garden
My 2021 Spring Vegetable Gardening Workshop Videos
0February 22, 2021 by Hope Gardens

Pay here! Hope Gardens Spring Vegetable Workshop Videos cover: How to design your garden How to fertilize and build soil …
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Category Vegetable gardening | Tags:
How To Test and Prepare Your Garden Soil
0February 15, 2021 by Hope Gardens
Category DIY Garden Guides, Fertilizer, Vegetable gardening | Tags:
How To Feed Your Garden
0February 2, 2021 by Hope Gardens

Hi friends! I was sued by a pesticide company of all things for using the word Stewards in regards to …
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Category DIY Garden Guides, Fertilizer, Vegetable gardening | Tags: fertilizer, organic, regenerative, vegan
Pruning 101
1December 14, 2020 by Hope Gardens

This is a hard and fast lesson so strap in! Have a pair of sharp shears. I like Fiskars products …
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Category DIY Garden Guides, Landscaping | Tags: native garden, native plants, pruning
Animal-Free is the future.
Comments Off on Animal-Free is the future.June 17, 2020 by Hope Gardens

Everyone is concerned about issues of animal welfare, transparency from our corporations and food safety. Whether you are vegan or …
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Category Fertilizer | Tags: fertilizer
Hope Gardens Almanac
0April 10, 2020 by Hope Gardens

Hello Garden Warriors! Download my simple monthly almanac for helpful suggestions on what you can be doing in your garden …
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Category DIY Garden Guides, Vegetable gardening | Tags:
Pollinator Gardening…bees, butterflies and hummingbirds.
0March 1, 2020 by Hope Gardens

I’ve worked in edible gardening and native landscaping for over 13 years. Permaculture and sustainability are the backbones of my …
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Category Landscaping | Tags: bees, butterfly, hummingbird, pollinator, Vegetable Garden, vegetable gardening
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
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
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, Vegetable gardening | 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
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
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
Planting the Parkway
0September 29, 2015 by Hope Gardens
Here’s a list of all the great groundcovers and low-growing plants you can add to your parkway and still get …
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Category Landscaping | Tags:
What to know about the challenges of installing drought-tolerant landscapes (and the effects of the DWP rebate program)
4September 20, 2015 by Hope Gardens

Greetings! At Hope Gardens, the past six months have been an exciting time of growth. The DWP rebate has …
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Category Landscaping | Tags: drought-tolerant, landscaping. drought
Landscaping Layout Examples
0August 28, 2015 by Hope Gardens
Hi all! I know design can seem very daunting so I wanted to share some ideas with you. When placing …
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Raised Bed Veggie Gardens
0September 9, 2014 by Hope Gardens

For your inspiration, here is a gallery of some of our beautiful raised beds and protective hutches. We use redwood …
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Category Vegetable gardening | Tags:
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
Veggie Low Down: 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
How to Grow the Perfect Pumpkin Patch…or any winter squash!
1August 16, 2013 by Hope Gardens

“Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere. He’s gotta …
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Category DIY Garden Guides, Vegetable gardening | Tags: Agriculture, flower, Garden, Home, Home garden, Los Angeles, organic, Pepita, Plant, Powdery mildew, Pumpkin, Seed, Soil, Sowing, summer, Summer squash, Vegetable, Winter squash
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
A gorgeous Calendula from the garden yesterday.
0March 21, 2013 by Hope Gardens
Category Vegetable gardening | Tags: flower, Garden, spring, summer
A garden is born in Topanga
0March 20, 2013 by Hope Gardens
FIRST SUMMER GARDEN! containing: buttercrunch lettuce, flame leaf lettuce, italian basil, white oregano, watermelon sage, cilantro, parsely, lime thyme, aunt …
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Category Vegetable gardening | Tags: Garden, nature, raised bed, summer, Vegetable
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
Your Hope Garden Guide to Juicing/Smoothie Gardens
0January 1, 2013 by Hope Gardens
Click here for your free download: Your Hope Garden Guide to Juicing/Smoothie Gardens Happy New Year! I am wanting to …
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Category DIY Garden Guides, Recipes, Vegetable gardening | Tags: Agriculture, diet, Garden, Home, juicing, New Year, Plant, resolutions, Smoothie, smoothies, Soil, Square foot gardening, Vegetable
DIY Raised Redwood Bed How To
1October 26, 2012 by Hope Gardens

Raised beds are great for growing veggies in for several reasons. 1. That perfect garden soil that you will so …
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Category DIY Garden Guides, Vegetable gardening | Tags: Compost, Garden, raised bed garden, Square foot gardening
The best companion 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
How to Grow Potatoes at Home
1September 12, 2012 by Hope Gardens
Disclaimer: We have had luck with growing spuds in trash cans but even more luck in plastic storage bins with …
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Category Vegetable gardening | Tags: fertilizer, Garden, Home garden, organic, Plant, potato, potatoes, Seed, Soil
My favorite green juice
3September 11, 2012 by Hope Gardens
Stay tuned for a Hope Gardens Winter Juice/Smoothie Garden Plan. Get our the juicer! This makes 3 glasses of juice. …
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Category Recipes | Tags: Garden, green, health, juice, juicing, nutrition, organic, Vegetable
Compost 101
5August 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
How To Cook 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
ALL-PURPOSE DRY GRANULAR FERTILIZER
0April 1, 2023 by Hope Gardens

Thank you for choosing Cabbage Hill Animal-Free Fertilizer. Why use animal byproducts when you can make a more sustainable choice, …
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ACID DRY GRANULAR FERTILIZER
0April 1, 2023 by Hope Gardens

Thank you for choosing Cabbage Hill Animal-Free Fertilizer. Why use animal byproducts when you can make a more sustainable choice, …
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VEGETABLE DRY GRANULAR FERTILIZER
0April 1, 2023 by Hope Gardens

Thank you for choosing Cabbage Hill Animal-Free Fertilizer. Why use animal byproducts when you can make a more sustainable choice, …
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ALL-PURPOSE CONCENTRATE
0April 1, 2023 by Hope Gardens

Thank you for choosing Cabbage Hill Animal-Free Fertilizer. Why use animal byproducts when you can make a more sustainable choice, …
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