Read more about the article Pruning Fruit Trees
Buds are already forming in our warm winter climate.

Pruning Fruit Trees

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We've got a new YouTube video for you on Pruning Fruit Trees. There are so many details about pruning specific trees, but before all of that, you need to know the basics. Watch our latest video with guest Jessika Mitchell to learn the proper way to prune a fruit tree. You'll learn about best practices (like disinfecting your tools before and after pruning), find out what to look for when making pruning cuts, and discover how to know what to…

Read more about the article Planting Bare Root Strawberries
Bare Root Strawberries arrive looking a little sad. A bundle of roots and dormant crowns.

Planting Bare Root Strawberries

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Our strawberry patch thrived for about 7 years. We ignored common lore that you have to replace your strawberry plants every couple of years and did something different instead: every year or so, we'd lift the plants by the root ball, set them aside, then add 2 inches of compost and soil, then replant our existing berry plants. It worked like a charm for years. Recently they've grown tired (or maybe we have). Production has dropped, we forgot to refresh…

Read more about the article Valentine’s Day Gardening
Martha Stewart's team came up with this recipe nearly 20 years ago. It's still delicious.

Valentine’s Day Gardening

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We love our gardens. Much like we do with pets, many of us spend more money on gardening stuff than we do on essentials for ourselves (well, gardening stuff is essential, isn't it?). This year, whether you have someone to garden with or not, celebrate Valentine's Day in the garden. It falls on a Sunday, so there's no excuse. You don't have to buy a thing to celebrate Valentine's Day. Here are some of our favorite ideas for celebrating love…

Read more about the article Growing Garlic
Break the bulb into cloves. Leave the paper sheath on.

Growing Garlic

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I can't believe I haven't written about growing garlic before. Sure, we've covered harvesting garlic and even shown you how to make your own garlic braid, but we've never started from the beginning on this blog. Maybe it's because growing garlic is so easy. It's the first thing I ever grew on my own (aside from the carrots and peas I grew with my parents as a kid). My boyfriend and I didn't know a thing about gardening. We dug…

Read more about the article Where’s Gardenerd: Sarah the Real Gardener, NZ
Sarah took Mr. Nerd for a spin around the corn patch.

Where’s Gardenerd: Sarah the Real Gardener, NZ

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When last we saw Mr. Nerd, he was finishing up his tour of Wellington, New Zealand. Now Where's Gardenerd?  He's headed up north to visit Sarah the Real Gardener in Waiuku, which is also on the Northern Island. It's beautiful country where Sarah is located. She took Mr. Nerd on a tour of her spacious garden filled with corn, squash, tomatoes, and herbs. Reminder: it's summer in the Southern hemisphere, so those of you buried under snow right now can…

Read more about the article Recipe: Portobello Mushroom and Kale Stroganoff
Add tomato paste, kale, the bay leaf, and broth, then simmer for about 10 minutes.

Recipe: Portobello Mushroom and Kale Stroganoff

Continue ReadingRecipe: Portobello Mushroom and Kale Stroganoff

It's that half-eaten container of sour cream in the fridge that brought us to this recipe. You know the one: that lonely tub, brought over by a guest for a recent party, languishing all alone in the back of the fridge. We hate to let things go to waste here, so we scoured the interwebs for ways to use left over sour cream. We found a vegetarian recipe for Portobello Mushroom and Kale Stroganoff. It worked. Kale is abundant in…

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