There will be 3 bulk soil orders this year, March 1st, May 3rd and September 30th. We will order Agromin Premium Blend https://agromin.com/products/ the price is $63.95 a cubic yard, plus $10 delivery, plus 7.25% sales tax. If you wish to order soil for the March delivery please let Jimmy
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Pesky Pests
Getting rid of those pesky pests from your garden I’m not sure if anyone else had unwanted guests in your garden this year, but I sure did. Much to my dismay I had several pests who decided to camp out in my garden and they decided a subterranean stay
Read moreLas Flores Community Garden Strong
November was a trying month for the residents of Thousand Oaks. In reflection of the tragedies that we experienced as a community, it made me count my blessings and cherish my family and community. The garden is a big part of my community and I’m sure other members. I
Read moreOctober Cooking Class Recipes
Enjoy some fabulous recipes from October’s Cooking Class Creamy Curry Pumpkin-Apple Soup with Roasted Pepitas https://soupaddict.com/2013/10/curried-pumpkin-and-apple-soup/ Spaghetti Squash Alfredo https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/mock-fettuccini-primavera-recipe-2173163 Toasted Pumpkin Seeds 1 cup fresh pumpkin seeds 1 tsp. dried oregano 1 ½ tsp. vegetable or olive oil Optional: sea salt Toss together pumpkin seeds and oil. Place
Read moreFrost Proof Your Garden
One day it’s 72 and sunny and the next morning you wake up and there’s a nip in the air and you can hardly see your neighbor’s house through the morning dewy mist. Winter is upon us and our plants. What is Frost? Frost generally occurs after calm and
Read moreComposting with Worms
Click the link below for a fabulous article from Oregon State University about composting with worms. em9034.pd
Read moreTime For Fall Gardening
Hopefully you all had a successful summer harvest and are ready for Fall planting. One of the advantages of Southern California over the North and the East, is that our mild winters make it possible to plant and grow year-round. Fall is not only a time for garden maintenance and
Read moreSOIL ORDER CHANGES
We have changed our soil orders to Agromin in Oxnard who has a higher quality Premium garden soil. The cost of the soil and the delivery is higher but averages out to be about $20 more. 1 cu yd of soil is $63.95, delivery is $125 and 7.25% tax
Read moreGrow your own Medicine
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Hippocrates Medicinal Gardening For centuries, people have used a wide variety of plants to treat all types of illnesses. In fact, you may be surprised to learn that there are a large number of therapeutic plants and herbs available
Read moreSaving our pollinators
The critical role that pollinators play in our planet is the reason why both scientists and the public are so concerned about their declines. Green Thumb has a great article about ways we can save our pollinators. As gardeners we are doing our part by planting and I know
Read moreTea Time at the Garden
A wonderful article from Carol Nierman (Third in the container tree series.) Many of us enjoy refreshing tea during our day, either a warm infusion to get us going in the morning, or a tall glass of iced tea after a hot afternoon in the garden. Some gardeners have been
Read moreFayde’s Shady Place
The garden recently received this letter below in honor of one of our lovely garden members, Fayde MacCune and her husband, Charles. The members of the Conejo Valley Woodworkers Association created a sign to honor them, which we have showcased at the garden. THIS IS THE LETTER WE RECEIVED: Hello
Read moreTaming Your Tomatoes
To Prune or Not to Prune One of the joys of gardening is obviously watching our plants grow. Sometimes with tomatoes they show off by their growing power by turning into a tomato jungle. One year my plant swallowed up a trusty garden tool and it reappeared at the
Read moreSpring Watermelons
Spring Watermelons? The first time I heard about watermelon radishes, I was intrigued. How could they get a radish to be red on the inside, with a white rind and a green skin, without genetic engineering? Who wouldn’t want to grow a radish that looks just like a watermelon? I chose the
Read moreDon’t Panic.. It’s Organic
Organic Gardening A lot of us talk about organic this or that, but do we really know that it means? For a little help, right from the start, let’s look at what the dictionary has to say about the term organic: …of, related to, or derived from living organisms: being,
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