Summer's Other Awesome Veggies

OK! We've planted tomatoes – now what? 

Summer has loads of other edibles and let's give them some attention! This month, take home some seeds of other veggies that love the heat and you'll love to eat! Greek salads to combine the tomatoes with cucumbers.... Peppers and zucchinis to pop on the grill... And that's just the beginning!

Van Gogh's The Sower

We will cover all the other summer crops and save water too! You can grow vegetables on considerably LESS water than lawns! As usual, dress to get dirty in a gardening sort of way and show up with your questions!

Class is April 4, 2015, 10 to Noon at The Learning Garden

David King, Gardenmaster of The Learning Garden, teaches gardening classes for UCLA Extension and writes (some say excessively) about growing food in Southern California.  He is also the Founding Chair of the Seed Library of Los Angeles and led the fight to make Los Angeles a GMO Free Zone.  A gardener for over 50 years, he has answers to your questions (and if he doesn't, he'll make something up!).  Entertaining and knowledgeable about almost every facet or gardening, the $20 for this class will be the best twenty bucks you spend on gardening!

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

Would You Take A Class From This Man?  You Should!

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 do in the coming months as Southern California heads into our 'other Spring' and one of our best, and least understood, growing seasons! You'll learn what to plant and how to plant it, what varieties go best here and why and all about getting the best garlic you will ever have! Dress to get into the garden and get dirty, The Learning Garden has cooled down already, so dress in layers. Coffee and garden-made mint tea will be served please bring your own cup! Email greenteach@gmail.com or call 310.722.3656 for more information. No need to RSVP – class goes on no matter what! $25 at the gate...

The Learning Garden And CASAA at The Farmers' Market

Marianne Brown, Master Garden, (on right) and David King Gardenmaster (center, seated with dog) worked with Venice High School students at Mar Vista Farmer's Market on Sunday, March 14th.  

Mar Vista Farmers' Market generously allowed CASAA students to have the both in the market. 

All the students participating are enrolled in CASAA - Culinary Arts Sustainable Agriculture Academy - and were selling started plants to help defray expenses that will be incurred with the upcoming Earth Day (April 22nd) festivals. From left to right the students are:  Jose Chisim, Vanity Guerrero, Valerie De la Cerda, Berenice Correa and Fernando Aguirre.  Thank you for all your help!

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Neither Rain Nor Sleet...

Intrepid students pause with their instructor, the Gardenmaster, in the morning lesson this last Saturday in the What To Do & When To Do It series in the Garden.  

Class started at 9:00 and the rain started at 10.  We moved to the small protected area in the greenhouse and kept right on keeping on!  It didn't rain long, but we kept right on and the weather cleared for the rest of the weekend.  Sunday's class (and potluck!) was in cool, but dry conditions.  

Since then, it's been windy, cool (sometimes cold) and dry.  Time to water again even though we were running and ducking from rain just a few days ago!