YouTube: Our Favorite Kale Varieties – What We’re Growing This Fall
Our latest YouTube video takes you on a tour of our favorite kale varieties that we're growing this fall in the Gardenerd Test Garden.
Podcast: Health and Gardening with Jeff Pierce
This week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast we’re chatting with Jeff Pierce, an urban homesteader in Sonoma County, California. Jeff and his wife raise bees, veggies, fruits, and mushrooms.
Kale varieties include Siberian, Lacinato, Red Russian, Scarlet, Vates Blue Curly and Tronchuda Beira.
It’s Kale Season!
In honor of our first kale harvest (albeit the lower leaves of each young kale plant), I want to celebrate the start of kale season with recipes. Fall is my favorite growing season, mainly because kale grows without attracting aphids.
Celeriac takes up to 25 days to germinate. We're excited to see these little guys emerge.
Wordless Wednesday: New Life Emerges
New life emerges in the garden as cooler temperatures take hold. Brassicas, root veggies, citrus, and cover crops become the focus here at Gardenerd HQ. It's our favorite growing season, and recent rainfall earlier this week makes it even more enjoyable.
YouTube: What’s the Difference Between Compost and Fertilizer?
Our latest YouTube video dives into the difference between compost and fertilizer. Many new gardeners are confused about how to use each of them, and it's a question often asked by new clients.
Podcast: Small-Holdings with Liz Zorab
This week our guest is Liz Zorab, author of Grounded: A Gardenerd's Journey to Abundance & Self Sufficiency. She and her husband bought a barren stretch of land in the middle of agricultural territory and turned it into a Permaculture paradise called Byther Farm.
Santa Rosa Plums are late this year (at least at Gardenerd HQ). This is only our second plum. An irrigation mishap had something to do with that. #raindelayeverydayoops
Oct 16, 2021 – Mini Fruit Gardening at South Coast Botanic Garden
On Saturday, October 16 at noon, join me for a chat about Mini Fruit Gardening at the South Coast Botanic Garden in Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA. It will be my second in-person class since lock down! Hope you can join in.
Find out what causes raised beds to decrease in productivity in our latest video.
YouTube: Why Raised Beds Decrease in Productivity
Here at Gardenerd we are tasked with diagnosing problems in client gardens all the time, and when raised beds decrease in productivity we usually find one thing. This week's video explores the reason why it happens and what you can do about it.
Podcast: Garden with Kids with Sonya Harris
Sonya Harris learned how to garden with kids as she learned to garden herself. She went from finding dirt "icky" to growing food for her community at the Bullock Garden Project. We chat about her journey from newbie to expert in this episode of the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast.
Our Navel oranges are just starting to turn color. Soon we'll be eating these over the sink.
Wordless Wednesday: Transition Times
Summer has given way to fall, and while it's still hot in places, the gardener's eye is set on cooler, shorter days.