YouTube: Rose Pruning in 4 Easy Steps
Our latest video on rose pruning is live and ready to help you get your roses in shape for spring. We show you 4 easy steps to guide you through the process, ease fears and keep your roses healthy. While this video was shot in January, you can still take care of your rose pruning tasks in February, and even after they start sending out new growth if you're really behind. Just do it soon and you'll be rewarded with…
Winter’s Bounty: Harvesting Colors in Warm-Winter Climates
As much of the country is covered with snow, or too soggy to start spring gardening, the warm-winter gardener is reaping the blessings of mild temperatures. Winter's bounty is a basket of root crops, greens and peas. Take a look at what we're harvesting from this season's Test Garden (p.s. we're not bragging. There have been plenty of failures due to drought conditions and heat waves, but these pictures are too colorful not to share). Our kale may be full…
Rabbit-Proof Garden
Learn how to safe-guard your garden against rabbits
Chicken Update – Round 2 is Going Well
Some people have been asking for a chicken update, and since we haven't posted about them in awhile, it seemed like the perfect time. For those new to the blog, here's our original post about our new girls from last July. Meet the girls (from right to left): Wilma the Wellsummer, Anabelle the Americauna, and Sylvia the Silver-laced Wyandotte. These beautiful birds are, as you can see, quite full of personality. As they have grown we've enjoyed watching their quirks…
New Landscaping: Dog-friendly Oasis in the City
Every once in awhile someone hires Gardenerd to landscape their property, not to install a vegetable garden. This particular client already had a thriving vegetable garden, but wanted new landscaping to create an oasis in the city. Here were her issues: Her front yard consisted of lawn and a hodge podge of treasured plants discovered over the years. Many of the plants required more sun than was available, so they stretched out toward the light, making them leggy and sprawling.…
Winter Hand Therapy Giveaway
Are your hands dry and cracked this winter? It seems like no amount of lotion will solve the problem, but maybe we just need the right lotion. You're in luck! Gardenerd has partnered with the strong women over at Womanswork to offer this winter hand therapy giveaway. We gardeners understand the demands of working with our hands, and we demand in return something that works for us. Womanswork Lavender Mint Shea Butter Hand Cream is designed by gardeners, for gardeners,…
YouTube: Best Seed Catalogs for 2014
Warning: this video can lead to excessive spending and an overabundance of seeds in your collection. It's true, after making this video, I visited the websites for most of these seed catalogs and had a glorious time spending money on the best seeds for 2014. It's a weakness, but one with great rewards. After planning out this year's spring garden, you'll have a map to inform you of how much room you have (and therefore how many new crops/seeds you…
Spring Seed-Starting
If you start planting out your garden in March, it’s time to get crackin’ indoors.
New Drought, or New Normal?
Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency as California has yet another year of lower than average rainfall. In the case of 2013-2014, almost none. Not only is rainfall at an all-time low, temperatures have been at an all-time high. (Excuse me, 80° in January?) Is this just a new drought, or is it the new normal? There's no way to know for sure, but we all need to prepare for having less access to water. What can we do…