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• San Diego Garden Tours 2013
  on Apr 4, 2013 in Calendar of Events 3000Tomatoes Garden Tours Leslie Crawford master gardener Spring
  April is a busy month for gardeners in San Diego County.  Half of us are organizing garden events, the other half are attending them! April 6 – San Diego Horticultural Society Tour Tour the wonderfully diverse private gardens in Poway – This...
• Invasive Species Alert
  on Apr 1, 2013 in Factoids & Miscellaneous garden Gnomes invasive garden pests
  I’ve had a problem in my garden for awhile that’s been hard to eradicate.  The worst part is that I purposely introduced some of these into my yard years ago.  Thought they were cute….     The old adage “A year of seeds mean...
• Fibonacci Numbers
  on Mar 31, 2013 in Factoids & Miscellaneous Leslie's Garden
  I am not much of a math person, but the first time I learned about Fibonacci numbers, it opened up a whole new perspective on numbers and how it is all connected to nature.  This video is a beautiful demonstration of Nature in Numbers.   Happy Eas...
• Tuesday Tree – Tabebuia impetiginosa
  on Mar 26, 2013 in Leslie's Garden Trees Tuesday Trees 3000Tomatoes aka Trumpet Tree or Purple Tabebuia Leslie Crawford master gardener Tabebuia impetiginosa tuesday trees
  I was in Balboa Park on Friday and spotted these beauties along Park Boulevard.  ‘Wow’ is an understatement!   Tabebuia impetiginosa, aka Trumpet Tree or Purple Tabebuia, is not native to the US and has a very limited growing area here...
• Miscellaneous Monday 3-25-13
  on Mar 25, 2013 in Miscellaneous Monday Gardening gmos Leslie Crawford Planting Radishes southern california coastal square foot gardening TedX video
  Good day on this first Monday of Spring! I’ve heard of refrigerator pickles, but refrigerator radishes make so much sense! Honey Bee Decline: Neonicotinoid and Spinosad Insecticides The continuing GMO discussion: Boycott pocket guides I love ch...
• Happy Spring!
  on Mar 20, 2013 in Leslie's Garden 3000Tomatoes Leslie Crawford master gardener Spring
  Here’s what was happening in my yard today.  Happy First Day of Spring!!!  ...
• Let’s Talk Sunflowers!
  on Mar 16, 2013 in Flowers Leslie's Garden 3000Tomatoes Leslie Crawford master gardener sunflowers
  It’s time to plant sunflower seeds! Mid-March is time to start Sunflower seedlings to have blooms around the 4th of July.  It is preferable to start seeds in a flat with seed starter soil and let them grow until they are about 5 – 6 inches tall...
• Miscellaneous Monday – March 11, 2013
  on Mar 11, 2013 in Leslie's Garden Miscellaneous Monday
  Beautiful weather these days after a great rain last week equals gardens coming alive! How to make your own easy kitchen garden, step by step. Take a tour of 10 Kitchen Gardens to gather some ideas. Find locally grown food at EatLocalGrown.com Do you...
• “Growing Your Own Food is Like Printing Your Own Money”
  on Mar 7, 2013 in Fruits & Vegetables Planting Seeds Starter Plants Transplanting 3000Tomatoes fertilizing garden prep guerrilla gardening Leslie Crawford master gardener Monthly gardening tasks pest control Pruning watering
  This guy makes so much sense and I’d like to meet him – and I’d bring my shovel. “South Central Los Angeles [is the] home of the drive-thru and the drive-by. Funny thing is, the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-b...
• My Garden May Never Look This Good Again!
  on Mar 5, 2013 in Leslie's Garden
  I gave you an overview of my day on Friday, but I also need to share the fun things going on in my garden.  I hope it holds up for Home Front judging on April 8-10!   Water and fertilize, water and fertilize, water and fertilize…….

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