This month at the Green Tent, it’s the UC/CE LA County Master Gardeners from 9 am to 1 pm, with free plants, free seeds and free advice about gardening.
Stop by and pick up some OKRA, which they’ve grown for the first time. Pickle them, fry them or use them in a gumbo.
Bush Beans
Okra
Keeping with the theme of drought tolerant, there’ll be some succulents to give away.
For those who think it tastes like soap, we’ll have to agree to disagree: Cilantro leaves are an herb widely used in Thai, Mexican and many other cuisines…cilantro seeds can either be replanted or allowed to go to seed, where they become the spice, Coriander.
Bush beans are green beans you don’t need to stake or trellis: as the name implies, they grow like a bush.
It wouldn’t be a summer picnic without pickles, and there will be some cucumbers to give away as well.
Sunflowers are the happy faces of your garden — take one home this week.
Lastly they’ll be handing out some itty bitty arugula; don’t worry, it’ll get bigger.
Sunflowers
Please remember to bring your empty six packs — not the beer kind, the planting kind, so the MGs can grow more for you next month.
And by now you know about the watering restrictions in SoCal — consider rebates for lawn replacements.
BUT PLEASE DON’T FORGET THE TREES!!! The shade and carbon capture they provide is priceless. Don’t overlook them when you water. AND MULCH MULCH MULCH!!!
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