Female flowers create a fruit that's flat on one side.
Growing Turban Squash
Turban squash, also known as Turk's Cap, is a winter squash that is so alluring it steals focus from pumpkins any day. We pilfered one from the Heirloom Expo last…
Food grade barrels are best for use in vegetable gardens.
Ask Gardenerd: Using Rainwater
A great question came into Ask Gardenerd this week: "Is it safe to use rain barrel water on the organic vegetable garden? My first concern is that the plastic the…
Freezing Blackberries
Blackberry season is short, extend it by preserving your blackberries.
She'll guide cucumbers and pole beans up the trellis this summer.
Design: Balcony Garden Joy
Small space gardening is our specialty here at Gardenerd. We like making the most of tiny gardens, and our latest project was no exception. Using pre-fab products, we turned a…
Growing Jerusalem Artichokes
Back in December, we planted a handful of Jerusalem artichokes (a.k.a. sunchokes) that had sprouted in the refrigerator. Having never grown them before, it was an experiment (as is much…
The finished product will be delicious and refreshing.
Recipe: Caramel Blackberry Goat Milk Ice Cream
Here's one for anyone who can't do cow. We recently discovered a raw goat milk vendor at our local farmers' market and decided that it was time to experiment with…
Grains and chaff waiting for winnowing.
Harvesting Wheat
We grew White Sonora Wheat over winter, and now that it's May in Southern California, it is time to harvest. Our 4x4 foot raised bed was filled with tall, slender…
Tiny watermelons set fruit (shot through the crook of a watermelon leaf)
Wordless Wednesday: Mid-Spring Garden Flourish
It's too pretty out there, we had to share. Enjoy these photos from the Gardenerd Test Garden in mid-spring as the garden flourishes. That's our mid-spring garden flourish. What's growin'…
Thornless boysenberries climb a trellis behind strawberries.
Starter Garden for Family
A family in Manhattan Beach called us saying they were "accidentally" growing pumpkins in a plastic storage container, and they wanted a real garden instead. In truth, they had great…