Groundbreaking Food Gardens Giveaway!
If you're looking for a good gardening book to curl up with this winter, Groundbreaking Food Gardens is my pick for 2014. Niki Jabbour, author of The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener,…
If you're looking for a good gardening book to curl up with this winter, Groundbreaking Food Gardens is my pick for 2014. Niki Jabbour, author of The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener,…
National Academy of Sciences and the U.K.'s Royal Society determine that no-till gardening is better than tilled gardening
September 23rd marks the beginning of fall, the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. It couldn't be more welcome after all the heat we've been having. It brings with it…
A question came into Ask Gardenerd this week that I even asked myself last year: "First year planting swamp milkweed for Monarchs - just had two butterflies exit their cocoons…
600 varieties of heritage and cultivated apples from regions all over the world
A fellow gardenerd up in Canada has a new podcast (okay, not so new. He's got 20 episodes already) called Back to My Garden. Dave Ledoux grows in northern climates,…
This year's Heirloom Expo was particularly delicious because I had the chance to give a lecture on my favorite subject: small-space biointensive gardening for urban gardeners. The rest of the…
Watch some food rebels take positive routes to make a difference in food and agriculture
It's new recipe time! This one uses foods from the summer harvest (mostly) and makes enough for leftovers. Mixing flavors of sweet potatoes, butternut squash and green beans also makes…
An eager gardenerd wrote into Ask Gardenerd last week asking, "What crops can I grow in low-light conditions (5 hours of sunlight)?" Since not everyone has access to full sun,…