Fall is upon us and it means we're harvesting the last of the summer garden to make room for new cool season crops. It's time to feed the soil, and to coax seed to life once again in warm-winter climates. No rest for the year-round gardener! Here's some inspiration to keep you going as fall comes on.
Our latest YouTube video shares our favorite varieties to grow in your fall salad garden. Diversity in the key to a flavorful, delicious bowl of greens, and you won't miss the dressing if you plant these.
This week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast, we explore native habitats and landscapes with David Newsom of Wild Yards Project. David is an amateur native plant enthusiast but you'd never know it when you see his garden.
We love scratch cooking here at Gardenerd, and when the folks at Uno Casa found out, they sent us an 8" cast iron tortilla press to test out. The kit came with a recipe book and we immediately glaumed onto the notion of making cilantro lime corn tortillas. Excitement built.
We get questions like this one from Esther Lumer a lot: "Where do I buy worms to revive my compost bins?" The answer varies depending on what kind of compost bin you have, and depending on your goals. Let's explore.
This week's newest video explores the techniques involved in processing dry beans for storage. We walk you through, step by step, to ensure your dry beans don't go bad on the shelf. It's a fun project you can do with family, or with friends within your safety bubble.
Our guest on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast is Rebecca Tickell this week. She's the co-director and producer of Kiss the Ground, the new documentary from Big Picture Films.
We've officially passed the fall equinox, which means the garden looks like crap. Death is part of the garden's life cycle and it is something we must come to terms with. The good news is that fall also welcomes new beginnings -- cool season crops!
With fires raging here in California, the question keeps coming up: how do I deal with fallen ash in the garden? Does it contaminate the soil? Should I eat the plants? These are all good questions. Let's look at the answers.
Our latest video takes you behind the scenes to see how I plan out my garden on paper each season. It's time to start the process.