Read more about the article YouTube: How to Harvest Carrots and Other Root Vegetables
Multicolored carrots include Yellowstone, Cosmic Purple and Scarlet Nantes

YouTube: How to Harvest Carrots and Other Root Vegetables

Continue ReadingYouTube: How to Harvest Carrots and Other Root Vegetables

You've got great foliage, but you pull a carrot and it's nowhere near ready to pick. How do you prevent this from happening again? The trick is easy and Christy shares it here in the latest Gardenerd YouTube video. We show you how to harvest carrots and other root vegetables with confidence from now on. Lift the veil of mystery and know forever more how to choose the right root veggie to harvest. Watch below, and like, subscribe and share…

Read more about the article Recipe: Stir-Fried Cabbage with Chilies, Peanuts & Peas
We used home grown cabbage and sugar snap peas with spices and peanuts to make this great dish.

Recipe: Stir-Fried Cabbage with Chilies, Peanuts & Peas

Continue ReadingRecipe: Stir-Fried Cabbage with Chilies, Peanuts & Peas

Believe it or not, we're still working on that giant cabbage we picked a week or so ago. They keep so well in the fridge, but they take up a lot of space. So it was time to pull out all the stops and use the bulk of it all at once. This stir-fried cabbage with chilies, peanuts & peas recipe is incredibly satisfying and goes well with the "emergency" pre-made Indian food we have in the pantry. The recipe…

Read more about the article Where’s Gardenerd – San Jose, CA
Where's Gardenerd sporting a rain hat and cloak. Our participants sure know to keep him clean and dry.

Where’s Gardenerd – San Jose, CA

Continue ReadingWhere’s Gardenerd – San Jose, CA

Mr. Nerd made his long journey across the ocean, from New Zealand back to the United States. He met up with Alys Milner in Silicone Valley--San Jose, CA to be specific. Alys shares her gardening experience through her blog Gardening Nirvana and showed Mr. Nerd a good time while he was there. Presenting: Where's Gardenerd - San Jose, CA. Northern California benefits from more rain than we do here in So Cal., but they have been suffering from the drought,…

Read more about the article YouTube: Italian Vegetable Pronunciations
Do you know how to pronounce this kale? We'll show you.

YouTube: Italian Vegetable Pronunciations

Continue ReadingYouTube: Italian Vegetable Pronunciations

We hear people struggle to pronounce Italian vegetable varieties all the time. Chioggia, Lacinato, the list goes on. We're here to help. Yours truly studied the Italian language in college (okay, granted I can't remember most of it) but certain things stick. Learn our tricks for remembering these Italian vegetable pronunciations and you'll never forget how to say them again. Italian Vegetable Pronunciations Now that you've got it, here are some tips and tricks for using those words in action:…

Read more about the article Design: Southern Hemisphere Garden
Finished garden pops with color in front of the home's white background.

Design: Southern Hemisphere Garden

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We recently completed a landscaping project for a homeowner from South Africa. He wanted a lush and colorful landscape that is drought tolerant and low maintenance. At the same time, he talked of turf grass and wispy foliage that reminded him of home. We brought his desires and needs together in this new landscape. Since we usually focus on edible gardens, we started with fruit trees in the front yard, then surrounded them with succulents and a combination of California…

Read more about the article Recipe: Cabbage Hot and Sour Soup
The thick mixture lives up to its name. Hot and sour and delicious.

Recipe: Cabbage Hot and Sour Soup

Continue ReadingRecipe: Cabbage Hot and Sour Soup

The tail end of a winter garden is marked by an abundance of cabbage. We've got enough to feed a small country at the moment, so we're reaching for our stock of cabbage recipes. While others focus on kimchi, we prefer to focus on the immediate. This green cabbage hot and sour soup is ready in 30 minutes or fewer.  It serves 8, so you'll have leftovers if your family is smaller than the Weasleys. Martha's Green Cabbage Hot and…

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