La Gardenz

Final Sun Gold and Bumble Bee Sunrise tomatoes. Farewell to Summer tomato beds/pots and time to start planting Fall/Winter greens, hello driveway romaine!! #labordayclearance #summer2024 #timeforplanting #romainelettuce #timeoftheseason #winteriscoming #starkfamilygardentips #growfood #lagardenz

End of Summer driveway garden report card. #pencilsdown #cucumbers #tomatoes #lessonslearned #summerschool #growingfood #lagardenz

Fresh cucumbers! First Striped Armenian cucumber of 2024. 🥒 #cucumbers #cucumissativus #stripedarmeniancucumbers #drivewaygarden #localgreenZ #lagardenz

Summer food. #sungoldtomatoes #bumblebeesunrise #drivewaygarden #growfood #lagardenz

Garden security we have a critter. Likely a mouse or small rat, feasting on baby tomatoes. Note-in Brooklyn never had issue with rats eating tomatoes plenty of pizza, bodega garbage and Chinese food to satisfy their food needs. Not the case here in Mar Vista, these vermin are health nuts and love fresh produce as much as I do. Need to redouble efforts to critter proof the driveway garden. #csigardening #thewire #stopcritters #humanfirsttomato #thestruggle #growingfood #lagardenz

First Sun Gold of 2024… verdict, yumm!! Battling yellow leaves on the tomato plants but overall they are looking good. I’ve been pruning all yellow leaves weekly (ok almost hourly) and giving the plants extra nitrogen and organic fertilizer. Temps have been cool (low 50s at night). Ready for tomatoes by the bucket, cucumbers and summer greenz. #stokedgardener #growingsh*t #drivegrowing #sungoldtomatoes #compostyourkitchen #growfoodnotlawns #lagardenz

Update from the driveway garden cage (20x5 ft growing cage). Has been a home run, zero squirrel or rat 🐀 incursions since we built cage. Super stoked that we now have a critter proof garden. And looking forward to tomatoes and fresh cucumbers 🥒 in coming months!! #drivewaygrowing #critterproofgarden #localgreenz #eatwhatyougrow #gardenfresh #compostyourlife #lagardenz

Quick update and tip on how to stop powdery mildew/early blight from killing your tomatoes. Simple fix 1.5 ml Water, tablespoon of baking soda, and about a teaspoon of Dawn detergent. Knocked the blight out completely after about 4-5 days of leaf spraying and cutting off leaves which had already started turning yellow. #homemadeplantremedies #stoppowderymildew #saveyourtomatoes🍅 #sungoldtomatoes #growingfoodtoeat #localveggies #lagardenz

Transplant day (Phase One). Testing a staggered transplant of tomatoes over the next 4 weeks to test/hopefully learn more about when is the optimal tomato transplant time to avoid blight, cool Spring overnight temps, etc here in growing zone 10b. #seedlings #learnasyougrow #sungoldtomatoes #sunrisebumblebeetomatoes #drivewaygrowing #growfoodnotlawns #localfood #lagardenz

Update from the new critter proof garden. It’s working!!! #drivewaygrowing #localgreens #growfoodnotlawns #localyums #lagardenz

Update from the critter proof driveway garden. #harvesttime #growinggreens #drivewaygarden #growingfood #localfood #lagardenz

Happy Groundhog Day!!! Microgreens are back! Setup total about $250 and including enough seeds to last a year. Note one cup of microgreens at Mar Vista Farmer’s market $5… first harvest will pay for set up! Starting with Broccoli and Salad Mix. Very stoked to get these going. #microgreens🌱 @trueleafmarket #microstoke #localgreenz #growfood #lagardenz

Saturday driveway garden update. The critter proof garden cage doesn’t appear to be 100% critter proof. Time for some investigating. #sherlocking #gardeninvestigation #critterproofing #coastalstarromaine #growingfood #lagardenz

Merry Xmas!!! First present delivered, critter proof, chick wire garden cage to protect our 2024 driveway crops from squirrels, rats and other critters. Going to be getting soil ready to plant Winter greens-kale, romaine, and butter leaf lettuce. #critterproofgarden #defcon3gardening #mygardenmyfood #drivewaygrowing #chickenwiremanger #ratproofmanger #growingfood #lagardenz