A Nursery Full of Babies
Shhhhhh... they're sleeping. Actually, they're not sleeping, they're growing big and strong.
Upside-Down Tomatoes
Recently some students in the Gardenerd Organic Gardening Series asked about growing tomatoes upside-down. I can happily say that I've done that without any special equipment - and it works!
One year, on the patio of our apartment, my husband and I decided to take a regular hanging planter and plant a tomato in it. Instead of staking it up, we let the vines hang down. It flowered, it set fruit, the fruit ripened and we ate well. There are a couple of caveats, however, to be aware of when using a regular hanging planter:
1) The branches do bend or crease at the ...
Organic Gardening 101 Article Featured on LowImpactLiving.com
A new article I recently wrote for Low Impact Living has been featured on this week's How-To-Tuesday. Low Impact Living is a great website with tons of ideas on how to go green in your home and lifestyle. Check out the site and this blog posting:
Organic Gardening 101 - How-To-Tuesday
Happy Gardening, everyone!
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Seed-Starting, Transplants and Heirlooms Class Review
Today we completed the third installment in the Gardenerd Organic Gardening Series on Seed-starting, Transplants and Heirlooms, and I think this was my favorite class so far. There's something about nursing little babies (I mean the seedlings, not the beginning gardeners) to life. We started the class with an overview of seeds - how to store them properly, how to interpret the seed packet information, and how to test for seed viability.
Then we moved on to discuss the difference between heirlooms, open-pollinated seeds, and hybrids. It was good to review those differences, since I constantly have to look ...
Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast
This week's Tip of the week is our first that is broadcasting on iTunes. You can subscribe by going to iTunes (which is downloadable for free) or you can visit our home page and click on the Podcast icon under the Latest Gardenerd News. For those with less inclination in the ways of the computer. Just click below and listen. Enjoy!
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TomatoMania is coming soon!
TomatoMania is one of the best places to see over 300 tomato seedling varieties offered for sale. It's a gardenerd's paradise.
Bougainvillea Woes & Shade Plants
A relatively new gardener writes in:
"I have two questions. First, I have bougainvillea bushes that grow in my back yard. Something is eating them ragged and I can't actually find any evidence of the pest except for the pitifully chomped leaves. Can you give me some clue about what the problem might be and how I can keep it from happening in the future?
Second, I have a lot of shady areas where I'd like to plant, or areas that get lots of sun part of the summer and lots of shade toward the end. Can you recommend some ...
Small Space and Container Gardening Class Review
The second class in the Gardenerd Organic Gardening Series went over even better than the first. We had 12 fellow gardenerd there, all with plenty of questions. We talked about bio-intensive gardening, and growing plants in containers and raised beds.
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Seed Germination Test – now on iTunes!
Gardenerd.com is proud to announce that we are now podcasting on iTunes! If you open iTunes and type Gardenerd into the search box in the top right hand corner of your screen you, then click on the Podcasts (see all) display, you will be taken to the page where you will find our little green and white logo with the famous Gardenerd carrot.
The first 3 Tips of the Week are posted and the new one for the week of March 9th should show up Monday morning. In the meanwhile, here it is for your listening enjoyment. Feel free to send feedback to podcast@gardenerd.com. We're ...
Know Your Seeds – Seed Germination Test
Get off to a great start this spring by knowing the viability of your seed collection.