Ask Avis Your Gardening Questions!
by Avis Licht I’m starting a new feature on my blog as a result of popular demand. Whatever your reason, it’s going to be easy to send me your gardening questions and get a quick answer. If I don’t know the answer, I’ll direct you to a good source. ASK TODAY! Here’s chance for all [...]
Worms – A Great Investment for your Edible Landscape!
by Avis Licht – I really love worms. Some people think I’m a little crazy about my worm love, but when you know more about them, you’ll love them too. It’s hard to believe such a small creature can do so much heavy lifting. Check out these facts: 1.When compared with soil, worm casts [...]
Container Planting for the Edible Landscape
by Avis Licht – Growing food in containers is easy and straightforward. Here are some tips that will give you greater success. 1. Site your pots so they get enough sun for the type of plant you are growing. Lettuce doesn’t need to be in full sun, but most of your herbs prefer it sunny. [...]
AVAILABLE NOW!- The Spring Garden Made Easy – e-book
It won’t be long before the spring garden starts to grow. It’s that time of year – time to start the Spring Garden. If you want to know what to grow in your own climate, how to start seed and how to make compost, be sure to get my e book. Under $5 and [...]
Pineapple Guava – A great shrub for your Edible Landscape
by Avis Licht The Pineapple Guava is one of my favorite plants. It serves many purposes in the edible garden. It’s an easy care, evergreen shrub that has edible flowers, edible fruits and somehow, the deer DON’T eat it. How could you know? Where I live, deer eat almost all our plants, so having one [...]
by Avis Licht I’m starting a new feature on my blog as a result of popular demand. Whatever your reason, it’s going to be easy to send me your gardening questions and get a quick answer. If I don’t know the answer, I’ll direct you to a good source. ASK TODAY! Here’s chance for all [...]
by Avis Licht – I really love worms. Some people think I’m a little crazy about my worm love, but when you know more about them, you’ll love them too. It’s hard to believe such a small creature can do so much heavy lifting. Check out these facts: 1.When compared with soil, worm casts [...]
by Avis Licht – Growing food in containers is easy and straightforward. Here are some tips that will give you greater success. 1. Site your pots so they get enough sun for the type of plant you are growing. Lettuce doesn’t need to be in full sun, but most of your herbs prefer it sunny. [...]
It won’t be long before the spring garden starts to grow. It’s that time of year – time to start the Spring Garden. If you want to know what to grow in your own climate, how to start seed and how to make compost, be sure to get my e book. Under $5 and [...]
by Avis Licht The Pineapple Guava is one of my favorite plants. It serves many purposes in the edible garden. It’s an easy care, evergreen shrub that has edible flowers, edible fruits and somehow, the deer DON’T eat it. How could you know? Where I live, deer eat almost all our plants, so having one [...]
by Avis Licht In the middle of a cold and wet winter day it’s hard to think about what needs doing in the garden. But there are a few items on the to do list that will give your garden a jump on the spring rush. Be sure to take a walk around the garden [...]
by Avis Licht As far as we know there is still only one of these for us to live on: together, all the peoples of the earth. Today, December 21, 2012, is the shortest day of the year in the northern latitudes. The longest night. Out of darkness is born the hope of summer and [...]
by Avis Licht I’m sitting in my office, looking out the window at the pouring rain. A huge winter storm has descended on us. For the water we are grateful. We just need to make sure that it doesn’t all run off and erode our precious soil. Erosion of topsoil is one of those [...]
by Avis Licht - People who live in urban areas or in apartments often think they can’t grow food. But using planters can be a fun and easy way to grow certain crops. Containers have their challenges, particularly because of limited soil and need for careful watering and fertilizing. On the up side, you can [...]
by Avis Licht At the end of the summer we’re always left with a bunch of unripe tomatoes. The nights are cold, it rains, the plants start to rot. It seems like such a shame to lose those tomatoes. I was looking around the internet and found a number of yummy recipes for green [...]
by Avis Licht Whether you plant edible crops for the winter or not, there are a few things you can do to keep your garden healthy and protected for the winter. 1. Clean out the old beds and if you have room, be sure to compost your old foliage. There are a lot [...]
by Avis Licht In Northern California where I live, we can grow many crops over the winter. I’m getting my seedlings in for the Fall and Winter garden. In this slide show I’m planting lettuce seedlings. I’ll show you how to gently pry to roots apart and plant them to reduce shock. Getting the soil ready [...]
by Avis Licht The changing seasons in the garden can leave us with mixed feelings . The end of the summer season means that we need to clear the beds for the winter garden while it’s still warm enough to plant. The regret is that we have to take out plants that are still [...]
by Avis Licht Fruit trees are one of the easiest ways to incorporate edible plants into an ornamental landscape. They flower, they fruit, they’re relatively easy to take care of, they provide shade and beauty BUT they give all their fruit at one time. One of the biggest complaints I have from my clients is that [...]
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