Join the UC/CE LA County Master Gardener Program at the Green Tent on Sunday, March 5 from 9 am to 1 pm. offer you LOTS of FREE veggies, flowers and seed packets for your spring garden, which will benefit from all the rains we’ve been having!
They’re bringing seedlings for you to grow at home, including:
California Wonder Bell Peppers They start off green but the longer they develop, they turn red.
Golden Bell Peppers
Lettuce
Kale
Swiss Chard
Leeks If you’ve never made Potato Leek soup, you haven’t lived!
Cherry Tomatoes
Cilantro
Bell Peppers
Leeks
And choose from these flowers:
Marigolds (plant them with your tomatoes — companion plant helps ward off root nematodes!)
Stock
Alyssum — bees love these compact, tiny white flowers
Pansies
Black Eyed Susan
Delphinium
Snapdragons
Snapdragons
Wondering what to do while you wait for March to roar in like a lion? Here are some special tips for LA County gardeners for the month of March:
