Teal Pumpkin Halloween
How to participate in Teal Pumpkin Halloween
8 different kale varieties are protected by floating row cover. No cabbage moths/worms here!
Wordless Wednesday: October Gardening
Fall gardening is in full swing. Here are a few prompts for October tasks and enjoyments. There's still much to do to get the fall garden ready, but we're enjoying the process. Happy fall gardening to you!
Presenters at the Conference all have Twitter or Instagram handles to follow.
Field Trip: Gourmandise Grain Conference
When someone says "whole grains" my ears perk up. Homesteaders try to make food as often as possible with unadulterated ingredients. Whole grain baking and cooking is an ongoing effort that requires education, persistence, and experimentation to get right. Enter the 2016 Gourmandise Grain Conference. Imagine an entire day dedicated to baking, milling, and cooking with whole grains. The WHOLE grain--meaning flour that includes the bran and germ--made into pastas, grain bowls, breads, and sweet treats. Sounds like heaven, right? …
Seasonal Recipes Galore!
Healthy snacks and dishes to substitute in place of traditional holiday sweets and candy
Braid Garlic Fresh or Dry?
Why to dry your garlic before braiding.
A volunteer tomato sprouted from under our compost storage tub.
Ask Gardenerd: How to Get More Volunteer Tomatoes
I do believe my favorite question to date just came in to Ask Gardenerd from Jeff Bremer: "Hi Christy, How do I encourage volunteers? Over the years in my tomato garden, a few volunteers would appear each season. Last year, in hopes of getting a lot of volunteers (for this year) whenever a tomato was damaged or half-eaten by some critter, I buried it in the soil. However, this year, not one volunteer arose. Is there anything I can do…
Recycled ficus trees enclose a pond and seating area for contemplation.
Field Trip: MoonWater Farm
We hear more and more about urban agriculture and small farms cropping up in the middle of big cities. MoonWater Farm, the collaborative effort of Kathleen Blakistone and Richard Draut, is exactly that. But MoonWater Farm is more than just a homestead microfarm, it's a learning experience for kids of all ages. Want to learn how to milk a goat or build an inexpensive compost bin? Have a burning desire to take care of horses or create a dry garden?…
Dazzling Blue Kale, the best of both worlds.
National Kale Day 2016
National Kale Day is here! It's a chance to celebrate one of the best (IMHO) brassicas in the world. Brassica? It's short for Brassicaceae, the family to which kale belongs. Along with broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, kohlrabi, collards and...wait for it...turnips, kale is a highly nutritious and great-tasting vegetable that no winter garden should be without. Kale tolerates frost (we've seen photos from fellow gardenerds of their kale growing under a mound of snow), and flavor improves with frost.…
Find YouTube videos on how to prep raised beds for fall planting and more at the Gardenerd YouTube Channel.
Gardenerd’s YouTube Channel Hits 5,000 Subscribers!
Gardenerd's YouTube Channel was born in April, 2009. It sat dormant for awhile but slowly over the years we've added helpful, instructive videos to help you grow organically in your own back or front yard. Thanks to you, fellow gardenerds, for helping us grow. Yesterday, we reached a milestone: 5,000 followers. Some of our most popular videos include How to Braid Garlic, where you can take your summer harvest and turn it into a functional kitchen decoration. How to Prune…