August 2015 Tomato Tasting Results The following tomatoes were entered in this year’s Taste-Off: Better Boy Better Bush Black Cherry Black Krim Cherokee Purple Early Girl Gold Medal Grape Green Zebra Indigo Indigo Kumquat Japanese Banana Japanese Black Trifele Juliet Lollipop San Marzano Sungold Tangerine Valley Girl Best Tasting Tomato Overall 1st Place:  Early Girl Runner-up:  Green […]

Our Booth Has Moved! California Organic Gardening Club is now located in space #73 near the exit. (see map above) Green Scene is THE SPRING EVENT! Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Shop over 80 specialty garden vendors offering extraordinary plants, handcrafted and custom garden art, pottery, and accessories. Visit the California Organic Gardening Club for all your vegetable garden […]

A planting party is scheduled for Saturday, March 21st at 9:00 a.m. at Cheryl Shults’ house. We will be transplanting tomatoes, as well as handing out the direct seeds and flats of soil. The club will need plant sitters to take flats of seeds home to nurture. A potluck breakfast will be served at 9:00 a.m. and the work […]

Are your seeds still viable? On the Garden Betty website today is a  post I don’t want anyone to miss. The topic is How Long Do Seeds Really Last? (Plus, a Cheat Sheet on Seed Storage Life). The cheat sheet takes the average expected life expectancy of seeds from a variety of sources, including the cooperative extensions of […]

There will be no planting party this Saturday, March 14. Our next planting party will be held on Saturday, March 21. On the 21st we will be transplanting tomatoes, as well as handing out the direct seeds and flats of soil. The direct seed veggie captains will need to prepared for this planting party, and plant sitters will need to be […]

A planting party is scheduled for Saturday, February 28th at 9:00 a.m. at Cheryl Shults’ house. The party will go on as planned, rain or shine. At this Saturday’s planting party we will have a couple of big jobs to do–seeding trays of the 42 varieties of tomato plants we will sell and transplanting sweet peppers and eggplants. In […]

If you’ve never planted a seed in the ground before, chances are the thought of growing your own vegetables — no matter how exciting — incites feelings of anxiety. But there’s help, and it comes in the form of a really easy-to-read, easy-to-understand infographic by Anglian Home. This guide was written for the United Kingdom, but the advice […]

Winter has a lot going for it, but fresh produce is usually not on that list. In colder climates, eating locally through the winter can be downright challenging. But we’re here with some good news: Every meal doesn’t have to revolve around potatoes and onions until April. With a bit of advanced planning and creativity, […]

COGC is on the Radio! Our very own Martha Haber was interviewed on the radio about the California Organic Gardening Club and organic gardening practices in general. The broadcast will air this Friday, December 19 at 6:30 p.m. You can listen over the air in North Orange County at 90.1 FM KBPK or if you live out of the […]

The Metropolitan Water District is promoting water conservation by still offering rain barrel rebates. The rebates are for $75.00 per rain barrel with a maximum of 4 per household. You may only apply for this rebate one time. Rebates are available to all SoCal residents (with a very few exceptions). When the purchase is made […]