Kate Frey in her natural habitat.
Bee-Friendly Gardens with Kate Frey
Explore Bee-Friendly Gardens with our podcast guest, Kate Frey
The Ever Curious Gardener is a walk through the mind of Lee Reich, PhD.
Review: The Ever Curious Gardener
When Lee Reich emailed me about his new book, The Ever Curious Gardener: Using a Little Natural Science for a Much Better Garden, I was indeed curious. Gardenerds always are.…
John Jeavons is creator of GROW BIOINTENSIVE mini-farming system.
Podcast: Grow BioIntensive with John Jeavons
While planning my trip to the Heirloom Expo I contacted some of the world's top garden experts for interviews, and when John Jeavons of GROW BIOINTENSIVE responded to my email…
John Jeavons is creator of GROW BIOINTENSIVE mini-farming system.
Grow BioIntensive with John Jeavons
Enjoy this in-depth conversation with the ever-fascinating John Jeavons.
Our bare-root Pom gave us 6 fruits this year. A great effort for a tiny tree. Almost ready to harvest.
Wordless Wednesday: Fall Planting Time!
Fall is here and it's time to change beds from summer to cool-weather crops. Peppers are hanging on, but kales and lettuces are making their way into the picture. Celebrate…
Tree roots can be small like this.
Ask Gardenerd: Decreased Production in Planter Beds
Vidya writes in to Ask Gardenerd with a problem we've been dealing with for awhile: decreased production in raised beds. She writes, "For five years I have been growing flowers…
Dendromecon Hartfordii and it's cousin, Dendromecon rigida are sunny additions to any California native garden.
Infograph: Eco-Friendly Gardening
It might be surprising to hear that gardening can be unsustainable, but it can be. As we head into the rainy season here in So Cal, and fall gardening all…
Read all three of Jeff's books.
Podcast: Soil Fungi with Jeff Lowenfels
We just returned from the Heirloom Expo where we interviewed eight great guests for upcoming Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcasts. Our first guest from that whirlwind experience is Jeff…
Read all three of Jeff's books.
Soil Fungi with Jeff Lowenfels
Today's guest is Jeff Lowenfels, author of 3 books including the popular Teaming with Microbes: the Organic Gardeners Guide to the Soil Food Web. He lives and gardens in Alaska and is the founder of Plant a Row for the Hungry.
Broccoli, cabbage and more grow under lights for October planting.
YouTube: Seed-Starting 2 Ways
Our latest YouTube tutorial comes in answer to a request for a video about seed-starting. In this video we share two different methods for starting seeds for your fall (or…