Safe Canning
We do our best to preserve our harvest, but now we're being thwarted by the presence of BPAs in our canning lids. Find out how to avoid this.
Winter Citrus Bounty
During the summer months, I'm famous for my lemon sorbet. I use Meyer lemons from the tree outside the back door and feed the finished product to my girlfriends when we get together for high tea or some other summer thing that girls do. Now that it's winter, not many people are thinking about lemon sorbet, except for my friend Orna, who has a tree full of lemons and doesn't know what to do with them. She recently ...
Come Join Us at the Go Green Expo
We're heading into our first (and most likely only) trade show of the year. You can come visit the Gardenerd.com booth, #106, to get your burning gardening questions answered, enter for a chance to win an Ultimate Garden Bag, and pick up some of your favorite Gardenerd Gear at ...
Get Creasy
Rosalind Creasy has a new book coming out in May. This week's tip guides you toward some of her great work on edible landscaping.
White Grubs in the Garden
A gardener wrote in recently:
"Hi, I am trying to learn how to Organic Garden. My 25 x 5 raised garden bed has a major grub worm infestation. Every foot I dig, there are 10 or more grub worms. They destroy any seed I plant. I applied milky spore all over my raised garden bed. What else should I do? I would love to be able to grow onions and beets this spring. I will greatly appreciate any and all suggestions or advise for ...
Happiness with Hypertufa
In an attempt to attend more garden-related events and workshops this year (call it a New Year's resolution, but with more pleasure involved), I set out on Saturday for a Hypertufa workshop with Steve Garischer of Larkspur Garden Designs at the Theodore Paine Foundation.
Hyper-who-huh?
Let me e'splain: Tufa is a sedimentary rock similar to travertine that can be carved into paving stones, planters, urns and such. it is very expensive and very heavy. ...
Diversify Your Garden
Everything old is new again. Seeds are no exception. This week's Tip nudges you to try heirloom and rare varieties in your garden this year.
New Home Construction for Worms
Santa was very good to me this year. I got the Worm Factory that I wished for, and we couldn't wait to move our worms to their new home. My husband and I carefully read through the instructions that were included with the Factory and found it very informative - above and beyond the usual information that you might see in a vermiculture pamphlet.
We assembled the unit, and then moved on ...
What’s a Kohlrabi to do?
We all try new things for the new year, but why not include some new additions to your garden this year. This tasty vegetable will bring color and whimsy to your garden.
Field Trip: Napa Valley
Before we launch into a new year, I want to share another aspect of the Grow BioIntensive workshop that I took in Willits last month. It isn't really about the workshop, but about the drive back home.
I am of the ilk that, as an important part of the traveling experience, one must buy what is made locally when traveling through a region - like picking up some lavender oil while in Provence, or grabbing some balsamic vinegar ...