Lizzy welcomes you to the garden

Lizzy welcomes you to the garden
The blog for the UCSB Garden

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

You Bet Your Garden

Hello Gardeners,

We want to recommend a radio show/website called You Bet Your Garden http://www.whyy.org/91FM/ybyg/index.html. It is broadcast on KCLU 1340am Saturdays at 5am and 1pm, and the website has old shows and a collection of A-Z garden tips. He has great info, he's enthusiastic, and his Philly accent is entertaining.

Because it is based in Philadelphia, some of the info is more applicable to the East Coast, but recent topics have involved composting, re-using potting soil, and seed starting, which should be interesting to beginner and experienced gardeners alike.

cheers,
Sara and Seth

Seeds

In case some gardeners need a spring pick-me-up to decide what to plant....

Island Seed and Feed on Fairview just south of the 101 has a nice selection of seeds, plants, and organic soil ammendments, and garden members get a 10% discount (Matt who works there used to be a GHGP member in the 1980s).

These are companies that were recommended to me and I've quite enjoyed paging through their catalogs:

These guys are in the town where I was born.