As our winter crops finish up, it's time for change in the garden. We've planned the warm season garden, now it's time to turn cover crops, harvest crops, amend beds, and plant anew.
Our question to Ask Gardenerd this week came from Vincent Basehart about doing a soil test, "Do you recommend soil testing, and if so, can you recommend a kit that is easy to use?"
Our first podcast of the year starts us off on the right foot as we chat with Farmer Rishi Kumar about Healing Gardens.
Some gardening endeavors take time, but the payoff is worth the wait when it comes to harvesting luffa (or loofah if you want to spell it phonetically).
A question came into Ask Gardenerd that I hear often: "My standard compost bins have been populated with worms - I think red worms?
Allow me to reminisce. When I first wrote Gardening for Geeks in 2012, it was designed to consolidate every gardening lesson I teach into one book.
Our latest YouTube video shows you how to prune unruly blackberries before spring bud in 3 steps.
We just returned from two weeks away on vacation and this morning's light revealed a bountiful winter garden that looks more like spring.
We received a question about a sad lemon tree this week so it's time to revisit our advice for basic citrus care. The question came from Kim Van Buskirk:
Happy New Year, gardenerds! In my last blog post, I shared my dark-humored thoughts about trash, and confessed that my biggest contribution to landfills is granola bar wrappers. I snack between clients to keep my blood sugar up, and I realized I needed to find a zero waste solution. Enter these Low FODMAP No-Bake Granola Bars.