Growing corn from seed is easy, but it helps to know a few things before you plant. In this week's video Christy shares her tips for successful planting, and strategies for a bumper crop.
You can expect an interesting conversation on this week's Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast as we chat with Ellen Zachos about foraged foods.
You're invited to attend the Virtual Book Launch Party for my new book, Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden on April 13th, hosted by Diesel, A Bookstore.
Here are Gardenerd HQ there's one person with European sensibilities who loves fizzy water in this house: my husband. So when Drinkmate offered to send me a carbonated drink maker, I jumped at the chance. We often post about environmental policy, and steps we can take to reduce our impact on the planet. Reusable carbonation systems like Drinkmate help keep single use disposable plastic bottles out of the landfill.
In our latest YouTube video, Christy share 6 tomato planting tips that will get your garden off to a great start this season.
Our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is landscape designer, author, and speaker Jan Johnsen. In addition to running her own landscape design firm, she is an award-winning instructor at the New York Botanical Garden.
Spring is officially here in the northern hemisphere, and we're having a spring celebration around here. Flowers are in bloom, old crops are coming out, new crops are on the way.
This week, as our artichokes start to send up signs of life, we share our tricks for how to grow artichokes - not aphids. Christy shares her tips for choosing whether to grow in the ground, containers or raised beds. She also gives you tips on how to keep aphids off your artichokes as they begin to produce.
We're excited to talk pest control with Susan Mulvihill this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast. Susan uses IPM to manage pests in her garden, and her latest book, The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook, gives gardenerds the tools they need to tackle any pest problem.
Spring is upon us, and we're excited to be part of the Great Grow Along, a virtual garden conference taking place this March 19-21, 2021. Christy, along with 40+ other garden experts, will share her tips and tidbits for successful gardening.