Swarm Season
The queen takes a little more than half the worker bees and moves to a new location, leaving behind enough food and potential queen cells to hatch and lead after she’s gone.
22 different tomato seedlings under grow lights.
Wordless Wednesday: April Garden
They say April showers bring May flowers, but it's more like February rains bring April abundance here in Los Angeles. Color and new life reign supreme in the April garden, as we transition from winter to summer crops in a flash. It's time to plant warm-weather crops in warm-winter climates. Here's a look at what's growin' on in our Test Garden. Enjoy your April garden and get out there and plant something!
Multicolored carrots include Yellowstone, Cosmic Purple and Scarlet Nantes
YouTube: 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…
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
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…
Securing Plants Against the Wind
For crops like favas and grains, place stakes around the perimeter and run several levels of twine around the circumference. This will keep your upright crops upright.
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
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,…
Do you know how to pronounce this kale? We'll show you.
YouTube: 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:…
Spring Garden Planting Guide
You can start seeds indoors or grab seedlings at any of the myriad spring seedling sales happening around the globe.
Spring is Here
All past gardening sins are forgiven and gardener’s amnesia takes over once again. Take good notes, gardenerds, as you begin your spring garden planting.
Finished garden pops with color in front of the home's white background.
Design: Southern Hemisphere Garden
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…