Silks out at 1-foot tall. UGH!
Corn Failure A.K.A. Starting Over
In a small-space garden, the beds aren't always ready when it's time to plant new crops in the ground, so if we start seeds in flats, we close the gap…
Build up 4 more layers, alternating them like the layer below and place an old oven rack on top.
Build a Rocket Stove
What's a rocket stove, you ask? It's a stove designed to use 80% less fuel for heating, cooking and canning. How can you build a rocket stove in less than…
Custom Biologicals has 20 years experience creating beneficial biota amendments for garden and agricultural soils.
Shop: Custom Biologicals
We're thrilled to offer a new product line in the Gardenerd Store: Custom Biologicals. If you've always wanted to apply biologically active compost tea (ACT) to your garden but don't…
Spring Polenta with Radishes and Garlic Scapes
Recipe: Spring Polenta with Radishes and Garlic Scapes
Spring is for cooking fresh from the garden. How delightful it is to run across a recipe, and to happen to have all the ingredients on hand, either in the…
Carrot harvest includes (left to right) Pusa Asita, Cosmic Purple, Yellowstone and Red Core Chantenay.
Wordless Wednesday: April
We know half the country is still blanketed with snow, but April is off the chain in southern gardens. It's going gangbusters here, folks. Come August/September our garden will look…
The warm glow of beeswax is comforting and beautiful.
Candles from Bees
I usually leave crafting to Martha Stewart, but this project has been four years in the making and I'm chuffed about it. Four years ago we began harvesting honey from…
Harvesting Ginger
Effective Methods to Grow and Use Harvesting Ginger