Lanham Neighborhood Garden

08/02/2015

Hoping Lanham gardeners are looking forward to going to this year's Heirloom Festival!

THE WORLD'S PURE FOOD FAIR

05/09/2015

This weekend in the Garden: weeding the last of the unused plots, mulching the front entrance area and planning some summertime blooms for the hanging baskets.

05/09/2015

Have you seen the Lanham Garden nasturtiums? They're in full bloom now.

How to Grow Nasturtiums

Nasturtiums aren't just another run-of-the-mill pretty, easy-to-grow flower. Their peppery leaves add a pleasant punch to any type of green salad, and both the leaves and blossoms blend beautifully into an omelet or potato salad. Here's some essential nasturtium-growing know-how, plus a recipe for an easy cheese spread featuring the plant's piquant leaves: http://goo.gl/H7QSz.

05/05/2015

Some of our gardeners are thinking of growing mushrooms!

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04/24/2015

This weekend in The Garden: come help welcome our newest colonies of honeybees! And stop by and visit the ladies at the Chicken Club.

04/22/2015

Happy Earth Day from Lanham Neighborhood Garden! Proudly organic from our very first day!

04/20/2015

Great weekend in the Garden! Good to see so many neighbors enjoying their plots. Also loved the little chicken rototiller crew working on a plot near the South Gate.

04/17/2015

Weeds will remove much-needed moisture from soil! Remove weeds from your plot and surrounding paths and save that moisture for the plants you love.

http://m.almanac.com/content/common-garden-weeds

Part of growing your own garden means that you will also be growing weeds at some point. Below is a list of common weeds and their descriptions so that you can identify the intruders in your garden.

04/17/2015

We compost the Lanham Chicken Club manure regularly. Here's an excellent article that shares good advice on how to use chicken manure properly in the garden.

Chicken manure can be a valuable component in making good compost. Learn how to safely turn manure into black gold for your garden.

04/06/2015

This year the Lanham Garden is going to help gardeners convert to soaker hoses and other water-saving systems.

Governor Brown’s call yesterday for mandatory water cutbacks for all Californians has a lot of us wondering what more we can do to save water, especially outdoors. And how can we get our gardens th...

03/02/2015

There might be some advice in this article that Lanham Gardeners can use.

For conservation-based garden watering systems, try organic mulches and the right watering equipment to keep your crops healthy and your yields abundant.