Only at Home: Ranch Symposium Nov. 18
Only at Home: 2011 Huntington Ranch Symposium The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens San Marino, CA. Friday, November 18 2011. Marking the second year of Ranch operations, this one-day symposium focuses…
Free Ranch Lecture; From Twigs to Figs
Jon Verdick, owner of Encanto Farms Nursery in San Diego, will provide an introduction to propagating, growing, caring for, and—above all—enjoying figs, a fruit treasured throughout the world. Free; no reservations required. Friends’…
Free Ranch Lecture: Growing Microgreens At Home
Tues Aug. 30, 7:30 PM at Friend’s Hall (Free) Enjoy the freshest, tastiest salad fixings and save money at the same time. Tara Kolla of Silver Lake Farms will share tips for propagating,…
Urban Ecosystem Agriculture Train the Trainer Series Announcement
The Huntington would like to invite applications for Urban Ecosystem Agriculture, a train-the-trainer course to be held between September 3, 2011 and January 21, 2012. This series is designed to empower Master Gardeners…
Urban Ecosystem Agriculture
Scott Kleinrock, project coordinator for the Huntington Ranch, will describe his ongoing research to develop locally adapted methods for urban gardeners. The talk is free and open to the public and takes place in Friends’ Hall on June 28 at 7:30 pm.
Free Ranch Lecture: Urban Ecosystem Agriculture
Ecologically-informed methods of urban agriculture can ease workload and create a healthier, more diverse garden. Attracting pollinators with native plants and interplanting herbs with fruit trees are just two examples. Scott Kleinrock, project…
Plant Profile: Osaka Purple Mustard
I want to quickly introduce you to one of the beauties of the Fall-planted vegetable garden: Osaka Purple Mustard. This Japanese mustard green has a spicy, wasabi-tinged taste that is great in stir…
Plant Profile: Sweet Alyssum
Sweet alyssum is a common flowering plant, easily available in seed or in pony packs at your local nursery. It is usually planted in the fall in Southern California. This is what it…
And We’re Back
After a bit of a break to finish planting fruit trees in the food forest and work on Ranch programming for the next year, we are back to blogging and look forward to…
An Introduction to the Food Forest at the Huntington Ranch
Simple beginnings. A diversity of tossed out seeds coming up through cut back grasses around fruit trees. Think of a wild forest. What does a person need to do for an undisturbed wild forest to grow? Well, mostly just stay out of the way. A forest does not need to be fertilized, because the cycle of plant growth and decay provides the nutrients needed to maintain productivity. This is how it has been since the first forest.
