Las Flores Community Garden

After visiting family on my recent trip, I was reminded of my grandmother’s picked zucchini recipe. I was bragging about all the zucchini I had in my garden and my cousin said “Why not make pickled zucchini, like Gladys?” It’s

Weeds and more Weeds… With the sun starting to peek its head out over the last few says, so have the weeds. It seems everytime I turn around there is a new unwanted weed popping up in my garden. As

With the extreme heat we’ve had the thought of gardening is daunting. The heat spell will soon be over and you will be ready to start planning your fall planting. Here are some things you can do now and tips

As we all start planting our gardens, most of us will plant tomatoes. Here are are some common growing mistakes and how to correct them so you can have an abundant crop this summer and well into fall. Not knowing

What are Aphids and why are so many of them? Aphids are like miniature plant vampires that suck the liquid nutrients out of plants. They are tiny, almost invisible to the naked eye and soft bodied. Some are black, gray,

Here is a wonderful video from our Happy Gardening Neighborhood Store, Green Thumb to learn all about feeding your plants! FERTILIZER VIDEO Happy Gardening! Mary Church

Over the holidays I watched a wonderful documentary that struck a cord that I wanted to share with my fellow gardeners. The documentary called, “The Biggest Little Farm” is about a couple from Los Angeles who decided to leave the

Herbs are easy to grow and full of health benefits and pack a punch to flavor up a boring dish. Culinary herbs are herbaceous plants that are used to add flavor and color to all types of meals. If you find that

American Black Nightshade American Black Nightshade is a member of the nightshade family. Nightshade is a family of plants that includes potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, tobacco and eggplant. The unique thing about Nightshades is that they contain small amounts of alkaloids,

My garden is bountiful this year with Zucchini. I was hoping for a better turn out with my tomatoes and making delicious tomato sauces and roasting my tomatoes. So, when life give you Zucchinis, you make pizza! I decided to

What are invasive plants? Aren’t plants good? Isn’t that why we garden? So why does our garden have a list of plants not allowed to plant in your garden? The reason is that non-native invasive plant species pose an increasing