Sage Wisdom from Rosemary
How to deal with fruit flies using rosemary and homemade fruit fly traps
Perennial milkweeds grow back year after year. They provide habitat for traveling Monarch butterflies.
Native Milkweed Only, Please.
I've been hearing it for awhile, especially from the native plant enthusiasts and experts among us: pull out non-native milkweeds, it's making our Monarchs sick. What? Aren't we supposed to…
Prettily wrapped packages would rouse any gardener, eager to unwrap these gifts.
Minnie and Moon Unboxing
Gardenerds love gardening toys, especially in spring. There's something very satisfying about a fresh new ball of jute twine or a well-made hand tool. As if spring wasn't exciting enough,…
Books for Spring Reading
The Urban Soil Summit we recently attended left us with tons of information and even more resources to follow up on later.
What we need to design our gardens to deal with our storm water
Urban Soil Summit Review – Part 2
It's time for more details from the Urban Soil Summit, following Part 1 of our review of the event. Day 2 was just as mind-blowing as Day 1, but the…
Clockwise from upper left (2 of each plant): Renee's Mrs. Burns, Native Seed's Mrs. Burns (1 just sprouted), Salad Leaf Basil, Aurelia Basil, Opal Basil.
Experimental Spring: New Basils and More
Gardeners get bored, so we keep trying new varieties to keep things interesting. This spring at Gardenerd HQ, we're trying out several new seeds for 2015. We planted seeds a…
Get Your Green On
Green is all around us. Next week is not only St. Patrick’s Day but March 16th is National Artichoke Heart Day.
Scott's new book, Tomatomania! Grab your copy today.
Tomatomania is Here!
Scott Daigre began his tomato passion at Hortus Nursery back in the day, when gardeners would flock to Hortus's annual Tomatomania seedling sale. Once Hortus closed its doors, Scott took…
Infograph: How to Store Food Right
The folks at Fix.com put together this nifty infograph on how to store food so it lasts longer in the fridge. I found a few tidbits of information that were…