YouTube: Cool Cucumber Varieties to Grow
Our latest YouTube video shares cool cucumber varieties to grow this season. You won't find these varieties at the grocery store, but you can grow them at home every year.
Residents hang out in the garden now that it is a destination.
Design: Condo Courtyard Abundant Garden
Back in January 2025, I met with a group of residents who wanted to transform their condo courtyard into a thriving vegetable garden. It had tired soil, no irrigation, and an old fountain that didn't work. We met to discuss what they'd like to grow and how they wanted to use the space for the community. Then we came up with a plan: Remove the old soil (probably contaminated with decades of pesticides and synthetic fertilizers), add new soil, plant…
Grow an abundance of basil in 4 square feet or less.
YouTube: Grow a Year’s Supply of Basil in 4 Square Feet or Less
In our latest YouTube video, we share how to grow an abundant supply of basil in 4 square feet or less. It's enough to make at least 10 jars of pesto for the freezer.
More immediate gratification - blackberries are ripening every day.
Wordless Wednesday – Impatient Gardening
With most of the garden planted, now is a time of impatient gardening. Here is some inspiration while you wait (and plant more crops).
YouTube: How to Pick Blackberries at their Sweetest
Our latest video shares 4 things to look for to pick blackberries at their sweetest. Christy shares the signs of ripeness so you can have sweeter berries grown at home.
YouTube: BioIntensive Lima Beans – Grow Like a Pro
This week's YouTube video shows you how to grow lima beans like a pro - biointensively! Get a bigger harvest from small spaces when you plant them using our spacing method.
First harvest of the season
Recipe: How to Cook Artichokes Fast!
Cook artichokes fast. The idea of steaming these perennial flower buds for 45 minutes is not appealing to me. But when you use a pressure cooker, you cut the time to minutes.
YouTube: Stop Buying Green Onions Forever
Our latest YouTube video shows you how to sow a patch of green onions so you can stop buying green onions forever. Use this patch for a semi-perennial harvest for months.
Carrots, parsnips, celeriac, and peas are in the harvest basket this week.
Wordless Wednesday: Spring Garden Update
The spring garden is slowly transitioning to warm-weather crops. As brassicas and peas come out, beans and tomatoes go in. As with any transition, work is required, but the payoff is worth it.
YouTube: Plant Yard Long Beans (Asparagus Beans) for an Abundant Harvest
Our latest video shows you how to plant yard long beans for an abundant harvest. These beans taste better than green beans, and is prolific.