Ants on My Artichoke!

Continue ReadingAnts on My Artichoke!

Here's a new question that came in this week:

"Dear Gardenerd, How do I keep the pesky ants off of my precious
artichokes? I soaked the ones I harvested and still found some. . .
ugh! Please help!     -  No Ants On My Tree"

Ants are, in and of themselves, not harmful to a garden.  That said, they are the harbinger of bad things because they have a symbiotic relationship with aphids.  They consume the sticky sweet sap that aphids excrete and in exchange they will take the aphids from place to place.  It's the ultimate dealer-junkie relationship.

There are ...

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Gardenerd at Esalen

Continue ReadingGardenerd at Esalen

As I write this, I'm sitting in the lodge at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA.  When last I was here, I was particpating in a 5-rhythms workshop.  This time I'm on the teaching side of things.  Like a miracle that fell in my lap, I was invited to co-teach a workshop on the Heart of Organic Gardening with Shirley Ward, the fabulous woman in charge of the farm and garden at Esalen.  With Shirley and a few other guest teachers, we've been immersed in the wonder of Esalen's soil structure, composting production, seed-starting and transplanting schedule, ...

Gardenerd on Homegrown

Continue ReadingGardenerd on Homegrown

Today was a first for Gardenerd.com.  We got radio exposure!  I met Carol Banker at a party recently and she invited me to be a guest on her internet radio talk show, Homegrown.   She and her co-host Chris Donnelley discuss all topics of interest that fall under the category of locavore.  Here is their mission statement:

we think, believe, attempt, celebrate and explore making conscious choices when buying food, products and services.


The Coming of Spring

Continue ReadingThe Coming of Spring

Awhile back, I was invited to write for Inside Look Magazine's green issue.  While they ended up with an abundance of entries for the magazine, my article on the coming of spring made it into this month's newsletter.  Here is the article that went out to the world this morning:



Enjoy!
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Vegetable Gardening in Colorado Springs

Continue ReadingVegetable Gardening in Colorado Springs

We've been getting a lot of questions about how to grow things in specific parts of the country.  Here's one that might apply to other places in the US:

"Hi there!  I live in Colorado Springs, CO - where it's really cold for
about 7 months of the year, with snow off and on. We want to start our
own backyard veggie and fruit garden, but don't know where to start.   We
are not sure if much will grow out here.  Our family eats a vegetarian
life style...for health and other reasons.  Any tips or contacts out
here? Thanks and GREAT ...

Growing Stone Fruit from Seed

Continue ReadingGrowing Stone Fruit from Seed

A great question came in this week:

"A friend gave me 2 peach trees from the peaches that had fallen from
his trees. Will the trees produce the same peaches as the parent trees?"

The answer is yes, your peach tree will most likely produce fruit like its parent.  While apples tend to not reproduce well from seed, stone fruits (peaches, nectarines, apricots) tend to carry forth the traits of its parent.  I tore out an article from a magazine last year that explains how to start stone fruit trees from seed.  It's an excellent read by Lee Reich ...

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