It's been busy around here at Gardenerd.com. Today a new article I wrote for Low Impact Living.com appeared on their blog. It features quick tips for starting a garden with your children. Check it out here:
http://www.lowimpactliving.com/blog/2009/02/05/a-spring-garden-for-kids/
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Whether you have a lot of land or just a few square feet, you can grow veggies in containers. Use this tip of the week to prepare them for spring planting.
In December Gardenerd participated in the Eco-Gift Festival. The founder of Eco-Gift, Tommy Rosen, and his lovely wife Kia asked me to build them the vegetable garden of their dreams. After some discussion, we decided what that dream should look like and then we began.
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I know this one won't sit well with those in the floral industry, but I had to share this video that came across my desk. Ben at Windowbox.com sent it my way. It offers an alternative to the traditional Valentine's gift. Please enjoy the True Story of Cut Flowers:
The True Story of Cut Flowers
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Mark your calendar to get your soil ready for planting with this easy tip for cover crops. Plan ahead a little for big benefits in spring.
A question came into Ask Gardenerd about cleaning up strawberry plants. We offer ways to get them going again.
We took a trip up the coast, our California Adventure we called it, through San Luis Obispo, Big Sur, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, and then we visited Napa before heading down Interstate 5 to get home. We were blessed with the most beautiful weather, the kind, as my husband says, that explains the reason for high real estate prices.
We saw monarch butterflies fluttering in the trees and elephant seals basking in the sunshine along the shore. It seemed to be a good time for all things natural. The gardens were no exception. We spent 3 days at ...
After being gone for 10 days up the coast of California during what could be called the most beautiful summer-like winter weather Northern California has ever seen, my husband and I have returned to find the gardens thriving. Some veggies are just coming into fullness, while others - like the Osaka Purple Mustard - are finishing up. We came home to find a bright yellow flower shooting out the top of overgrown mustard greens (we couldn't possibly have kept up with the production of those giant leaves). We also found tiny, bright white, waxy cauliflower heads starting to ...
Get back to the land and the idea of not letting anything go to waste! Follow these simple instructions for making your own butter.
Here's a simple way to prune your roses. Follow these simple steps in January for great rose blossoms in spring.