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YouTube: Fall Planting Guide – What to Plant Now
Our fall planting guide comes in handy for gardeners in warm-winter climates.
Podcast: Compact Plants and Beneficial Insects with Jessica Walliser
This week's podcast guest is Jessica Walliser, horticulturalist, garden columnist and author of several books including Good Bug, Bad Bug; and the award-winning Attracting Beneficial Bugs to the Garden. We chat about her newest book, Gardener’s Guide to Compact Plants: Edibles and Ornamentals for Small-Space Gardening.
Cover with soil and firm around the edges
Propagating Dragon Fruit From Cuttings
Dragon fruit, or pitaya, is a cactus fruit that tastes delicious, is nutritious, and grows well in warm-winter climates (it doesn't like temperatures below 40° F).
Nicole runs Heritage Acres farm and has an online store.
Podcast: Bees and Hens with Nicole Gennetta
Nicole Gennetta runs Heritage Acres, a 2-acre hobby farm in Pueblo West, Colorado. She and her husband tend poultry, bees, a garden and orchard. She's also a medically retired paramedic…
Nature gives us answers if you know where to look.
YouTube: Choose The Right Onions by Day Length
Day Length matters. I see it all the time--nurseries carry Long Day onion seedlings in Short Day onion territory. What's the difference? Our new YouTube video breaks it down. We'll…
Load jars into canner on the rack with 3 quarts water in the bottom.
Pressure Canning Beans – A New Adventure
While most homesteaders are well-versed in "putting up" or canning at the end of the season, pressure canning is a next-level adventure. We recently went down that rabbit hole, complete…
Prune dead and diseased tomato foliage
Ask Gardenerd: Lumpy Tomato Roots, Root Nematodes
A timely question came in to Ask Gardenerd this week from Catherine: "My garden went gangbusters this year but I noticed...the roots of all plants (4 tomatoes and 2 cucumber…
Darren Butler - photo by Frankie Louise
Podcast: Fruit Tree Care with Darren Butler
C. Darren Butler is more than a tree expert. Yes, he's a certified and consulting arborist. But he's also a Master Gardener, an ecological landscape designer, and a landscape consultant.…
Our only Luxury Pumpkin was devoured recently by rats.
Wordless Wednesday: The Downside of Gardening
Summer gardening brings delights and disappointments, i.e. the downside of gardening. Hot days tax plants, critters discover your tasty produce, and plant death is just around the corner.
Glass Gem popping corn is about waist high now. Some say it's early, but we feel right on time about it.
Ask Gardenerd: Can I Plant Broccoli After Corn and Beans? Let’s Talk Plant Families.
Lina wrote into Ask Gardenerd this week, "Can you plant broccoli in the same fabric pot where corn and beans were previously planted?"