Brassicas under grow lights
Too Hot to Plant
Twenty five years ago, when I started gardening in Southern California, we planted cool weather crops in September. As Climate Change increased, September became too hot to plant. Now we…
Wasted aims to change the way people buy, cook, recycle, and eat food.
Review: Wasted! The Story of Food Waste
Last week, I attended a screening of Wasted! The Story of Food Waste, a new film from Executive Producer Anthony Bourdain and other concerned citizens. The film "exposes the criminality of food…
We relocated another sculpture at the entrance of the new garden as a humble greeter.
A Sleek, Modern Garden
We specialize in small-space gardening here at Gardenerd. Our latest project makes use of a 10' x 12' passageway for a couple who wanted to grow veggies, herbs, berries, and…
Green and partly green tomatoes can be ripened easily.
Ripening Green Tomatoes
When a client mentioned that she still has a ton of green tomatoes on her plants, but needs to pull them to make room for fall crops, it occurred to…
Drill holes and set shallots on soil surface to start.
Planting Shallots
It's fall, which means it's the perfect time to plant shallots, onions, and garlic. All of these delicious alliums grow over winter and bulb up in spring, then we harvest…
Fuji apples ripen on our potted tree. Almost ready!
Wordless Wednesday: Fall Renewal
It's hard to write about gardening with the news of the Las Vegas massacre and Tom Petty's death, but here's a little fall gardening sunshine to help soothe the soul.…
A small but proud harvest
Homegrown Goji Berries
Our first year of growing experimental goji berries comes to a close and we actually have something to show for it. Some readers may recall that we won two goji…