Humboldt County Gardening

Humboldt Botanical Garden Harvest Festival Sat Sep 11th 3-6 pm

August 30, 2010

This just in from Chuck Goodwin: The Humboldt Botanical Foundation Harvest Festival is happening Sat. Sept 11, 3:00 -6:00 at the garden. Presale $30.00 Day of event $40.00. There will be local wine, food, and music. Go to their website for more information!

Click here to continue reading →

HSU Extension Course: Fruit Tree Selection and Orchard Maintenance with Peter Haggard

August 27, 2010

Just heard about this exciting course through the HSU Extension: Fruit Tree Selection & Orchard Maintenance Delicious fruits round out the ideal garden of edibles, and it is important to know how to take care of fruit trees to have the best harvests possible. You will learn about apple, pear and other fruiting tree varieties [...]

Click here to continue reading →

Native Plant Sale Sept 18th at the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center

August 24, 2010

This just in from the native plant society: CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS—LOCAL BEAUTY FOR YOUR GARDEN. Gardeners preparing for the fall season will find a good selection of native plants at the California Native Plant Society’s plant sale on Saturday, September 18 at the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center parking lot from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. [...]

Click here to continue reading →

August 25th Blackberry Jam-Making Workshop

August 15, 2010

Got too many blackberries to eat? Want to learn to make jam? On August 25th from 530-830 pm, Susan will be holding a jam-making workshop at one of the co-ops. Call (707) 822-7150 or send an email to susanjam@yahoo.com for more information. Tip of the nib to the Gardening Gazette for this info!

Click here to continue reading →

Singing Tree Gardens Big Sale August 4-8th

August 2, 2010

This just in from Singing Tree Gardens: GREAT BARGAIN ON HEATHERS! We have a huge selection of heaths and heathers that are big, in bloom, and top quality, and they are all 25% off for our August Summer Sale. Many are big enough to qualify for 2 gallon plants, so be sure to get here [...]

Click here to continue reading →

July 27th Strawberry Jam-Making Workshop

July 18, 2010

Got too many strawberries to eat? Want to learn to make jam? On July 27th from 530-830 pm, Susan will be holding a jam-making workshop at one of the co-ops. Call (707) 822-7150 or send an email to susanjam@yahoo.com for more information. Tip of the nib to the Gardening Gazette for this info!

Click here to continue reading →

Fellini Baby – Local, Fair-Trade, Organic Baby Clothes

July 17, 2010

Catherine Andrews, the owner of Fellini Baby, is a Humboldt County local, and I’ve gotten to see her fair trade, organic cotton baby collection in person. The clothes are just adorable, and are unbelievably soft. (I just bought the paprika onesie for a friend who’s about to give birth!) Since Catherine’s just up in McKinleyville, [...]

Click here to continue reading →

Fickle Hill Old Rose Nursery Open Gardens July 18 1-4

July 16, 2010

Cynthia Graebner is widely acknowledged as Humboldt’s own rose expert. She specializes in beautiful old-fashioned varieties that need no spraying even in our damp Humboldt climate. If you’d like to be inspired with what a no-spray rose garden looks like, with edibles and other ornamentals incorporated into the planting plan, then you won’t want to [...]

Click here to continue reading →

Food for People FREE Produce Market for Folks in Need

July 15, 2010

I’m really impressed by Humboldt’s desire to make sure that folks in need have access to fresh food via the Farmer’s Markets (you can use your food stamps at the Farmer’s Market, you know!), the fact that you can use food stamps for vegetable starts, and now this initiative by Food for People.

Click here to continue reading →

Do Now: Pruning Suckers off Tomatoes

July 14, 2010

Just found this excellent tutorial from Mr. Brown Thumb about how to prune the suckers off your tomatoes to contribute to a good form for your plant and better production. Here on the north coast, we can start doing this right now! You can follow Mr. Brown Thumb on Twitter for some funny gardening insights [...]

Click here to continue reading →

← Previous Entries