Between Michelle Obama and Victory gardens, growing your own food has been all the rage this year. However, for Christy Wilhelmi aka The Gardenerd this wonderful passion has been a part of her lifestyle for a very long time. Christy never considered herself to be a person who kept ahead of the trends. However when it comes to keeping your own vegetable garden, she has been trailblazing ahead of most of us for over 16 years when she launched her first small space container garden in her Los Angeles apartment. Though no longer an apartment dweller, she has specialized in growing abundant amounts food in small spaces (usually around 100 sq ft), always with a focus on organic and heirloom varietals. In fact through her own personal gardening efforts (in two plots) she’s able to produce and consume over $2000 of food each year, and hardly ever needs to purchases vegetables... [read more]