Field Trip: Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello – Part 1 – The Garden
I didn't think I had a bucket list until I realized I hadn't yet been to Monticello. That was nearly 10 years ago. Last weekend, I ticked Monticello off the…
Basils, chives, sage, oregano, thyme and parsley all grow well in containers.
Design: Productive Patio Garden
We specialize in small-space biointensive gardening here at Gardenerd, so we get a lot of calls to install patio gardens from eager folks with limited space and sunlight. Our latest…
Tomato seeds being soaked to remove the membrane around them.
Ask Gardenerd: Saving Tomato Seeds and Blight
A question came in to Ask Gardenerd from Jeff Bremer this week: "This is a two-part question: 1. I save seeds from each year's tomato crop to plant the following…
Fresh goji berries! A treat we didn't know would grow well here. Apparently they grow well in containers.
Wordless Wednesday: Keep Going!
Summer winds down and our thoughts turn to fall gardening, or for some, the end of the season. Sometimes it's hard to move forward when all we want to do…
Bee-friendly plants from around the world, and ways to create habitat for pollinators in your yard.
Plan Your Bee-Friendly Garden
Today's post includes an infographic sent by Budget Direct down under. It shares how to create a bee-friendly garden for your local pollinator population. While here at Gardenerd we always…
Al Gore talked with the films producers.
#BeInconvenient
With the recent release of Al Gore's The Inconvenient Sequel, and the recent news of America's exit from the Paris Climate Accord, it seems appropriate to focus on what we…