Ready to add basil plants to your garden? Our guide of the 10 best varieties for Southern California will help get you started! From edible perennial options to the best plants for summer, this guide has a variety to bring beauty to your culinary garden.
Let the Heirloom Potager team help you set up the best composting solution for your home or business based on your composting goals, available space, lifestyle, and budget.
Even with an ongoing drought in California, it’s possible to grow a productive and sustainable, organic food garden (or landscape - we design those too). No extreme methods are required to have a water-wise edible garden. If you’re not sure where to start, complete a garden inquiry form to schedule a garden consultation.
Over the past few years we here at Heirloom Potager have noticed a lot more people raising their own chickens. You may have seen a small flock roaming a garden in your neighborhood, stumbled across an urban farming account on social media, or have hipster friends who make their own pickles and have added chickens to their yard, and wondered why would someone want to own chickens. Some people may want fresh eggs at home, others may even like to raise their own meat, but from a gardener's perspective, here are the reasons we love having chickens in our yard.
With the introduction of CA Senate bill 1383, it's time to start composting. The good news is that the Heirloom Potager team is here to help you set up the best composting solution.
With the heat of August upon us, now is the time to begin preparation of our cool season garden. The hot summer sun brings hearty vegetable yields and flowers in full color! Now is a great time to ensure your garden is receiving sufficient water and that no garden pests have made their way to your precious plants. Consider placing an order for your cool season seeds from a local heirloom provider. Hardy vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, kale and radishes thrive in the cool season and the most dazzling varieties tend to sell out quickly!
With hot summer days (and nights), it's time to succession plant in the garden and create some shade options for young plants. It's also a good time to review your cool season notes to plan for the cool season garden. Consider adding in more hot-season favorites like peppers, sweet potatoes, or okra in the hottest spaces in your garden. Don't forget our suggested flower companion planting guide this month to bring more pollinators to your garden. Check out the Orange County CA July planting guide.
With hot summer days on the horizon, it's time to start planting in the summer garden. Consider adding in hot-season favorites like peppers, sweet potatoes, or okra. Check out our suggested flower companion planting guide this month to bring more pollinators to your garden. Check out the Orange County CA June planting guide.
Spring is officially here which means it's time to plant the summer garden! Evening temperatures are warm enough to move all your seedlings into the garden. With your young warm season plants in the ground, start planning for succession sowing and stocking up on worm castings to make compost tea and feed your soil. Tomatoes, squash, and peppers can be hungry feeders. Check out our suggested flower companion planting guide this month to bring happy pollinators to your garden.
Spring is officially here which means it's time to plant the summer garden! All your summer favorites should be started from seed and transplanted into the garden. Hopefully you've started some tomato seeds already and have hardened off your transplants! If you haven't, stop over to a local nursery to pick up some warm season crops and start planning for succession sowing and amending your garden soil. Check out our suggested flower companion planting guide this month to bring happy pollinators to your garden. Check out the Orange County CA April planting guide.
