MG Julie Strnad shares a quick view of the plethora of plants to be distributed by the LLA County Master Gardeners , who return to for their monthly visit at the Green Tent on Sunday, February 2, from 9 am to 1 pm. Stop by for a free plant and a packet of free seeds to help launch your winter/spring garden.
This month there’s a baby parade! Baby spinach, baby kale and baby lettuce are all on the plant menu.
And for those who love it there’s cilantro, to brighten your Thai, Mexican and East Indian recipes.
Choose red leaf lettuce and spike up the salad you make with it using chives, which they’re also bringing.
And it wouldn’t be SoCal if they didn’t offer a lovely mix of succulents, some even in bloom, to keep your garden beds looking good during these colder months.
Here are tips for what to do in February in the garden.
And don’t forget, the MGs love to recycle your nursery six packs, so they can grow new seedlings for next month.
We’re sure you’ll have a lot of questions about how to deal with the ash from the fires in your garden. One resource is this interview KCRW’s Good Food broadcast. The news is better than you might think. https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/good-food/fire-soil-safety-lunar-new-year-china-dishes/eaton-palisades-fire-soil-ash-residue-fallout-danger-garden-fruit-vegetables
And here are two other resources to help answer your concerns: