Aaron Aiken

If you can’t tell I am quite the avid documenter of every bug and creature that visits my garden, and I finally wrote all of them down! Check out today’s substack 🙏🏼

2 days ago | [YT] | 12

Aaron Aiken

I hope you are having a lovely day, unless of course you are the two peacocks that were munching on my fall seedlings, which then required me to lock them up.

4 days ago | [YT] | 34

Aaron Aiken

Happy Monday! Maybe I’m just a soil nerd, but few things bring me greater joy than seeing fungi popping out of my soil to tell me that there’s a party going on below the surface. Healthy soil = healthy plants = less money spent on fertilizer

1 week ago | [YT] | 18

Aaron Aiken

Mullein after the rain is one of my favorite sights in my garden, and no one can tell me otherwise.

1 week ago | [YT] | 45

Aaron Aiken

Southern California Gardeners: for the first time in over 4 months we’ve got rain in the forecast, so don’t let it go to waste! Spread some wildflower mixes, wildflower seeds, lupines and medicinal herbs (which is what I’m doing) to really make the rain work for you.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 13

Aaron Aiken

Serious question: if you’ve ever grown from seed before, when do you get excited about your new seedlings? Level 1 is when you see the soil starting to bulge up (usually large seeds), level 1.5 is the first sight of green, level 2 is once they’ve barely made it out, and level 3 is when you’ve cleared the soil fully.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 16

Aaron Aiken

Pardon the dirty window, but see if you can spot the surprise visitor in this photo.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 7

Aaron Aiken

You might not know it about me, but I love writing, which makes this announcement very exciting. I just put up my first ever substack post, on how fall gardening is the perfect time for beginners. Check it out, and it would mean the world if you’d subscribe!

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 18

Aaron Aiken

September is probably the weirdest month to be a gardener as there are so many things from summer hanging on, while fall is around the corner. Three shots from today:
1. My first artichoke seedlings germinating
2. Evening primrose
3. A delicious and top secret tomato experiment

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3 weeks ago | [YT] | 9

Aaron Aiken

I always tell myself I need to be propagating more, so while I was waiting for a step in this weekend’s video I took some hoja santa, Jerusalem Sage and rosemary cuttings.

1 month ago | [YT] | 16