Marti Lindsey--The Garden Lady: May 2014

Marti Lindsey--The Garden Lady

Hello and welcome to Marti Lindsey--The Garden Lady!

I live on a small ranch in unincorporated Los Angeles County with my husband Larry, son Max, puppies Rudy & Valentino and kitties Dixie & Trixie. We have amazing views as far as the eye can see and plenty of room to roam and operate our tractor! I am a certified Master Gardener through University of California Cooperative Extension, Los Angeles County. In the Spring I work at the California State Poppy Reserve where I share my love of nature with visitors from around the world. I also have a passion for living a green lifestyle through RRR-G: reduce-reuse-recycle & growing our own food! I love to share this with kids through my business: Marti Lindsey--The Garden Lady!

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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Old Friends and New

Today I started a new adventure as a Garden Coach at a local preschool. I made lots of tiny friends today, thanks to an old friend, Jeana. Jeana used to work with me many, many moons ago when I was a District Manager at Kindercare. Jeana's new school has a preschool program along with an LA Up Program, both with amazing, dedicated teachers, but not much time for gardening. Enter Marti Lindsey--The Garden Lady.

All of the kids were excited and eager to help! What kid doesn't love to play in the dirt, right?

We started off by removing some of the compacted soil in the existing garden boxes. The kids filled a 20 gallon tub, one shovel full at a time!

We added Kellogg's Organic Soil to amend the old soil in the beds. Then the kids started planting! Today we started an elevated raised bed with herbs and three regular raised beds. One bed is all strawberries, which was very exciting for the kids. The other beds will house a variety of vegetables including beans, tomatoes, peppers and eggplant.

I am excited to make new friends and share my love of growing with the kids! Here's what's growing at our place right now: