LA County Master Gardeners, 08/05/21
T he UC/CE LA County Master Gardeners return to the Green Tent on Sunday, September 5, from 9am to 1pm They’re bringing free seedlings, free seeds, important information and their enthusiasm all to help you grow your own food, flowers and veggies. This month they'll have: More succulents (Aloe vera pups) for your drought tolerant garden. Nasturtium seedlings which are both edible (yummy with goat cheese) and attract white flies away from your other plants. Three varieties of sunflowers, large and small, and Butterfly Tithonia. Veggies include Bunching Onions plus yellow and green bush beans…and they don’t need to be trellised because they grow bush-like, rather than tall and sprawling. Now that the Governor has asked us to voluntarily reduce water use, and the federal government has issued a warning about shortages in the Colorado River Basin, we really need to learn about how to be WATER WISE. Did you ...