YouTube: Inoculating Mushroom Logs – Starter Guide
This week we took the plunge and inoculated two oak logs to enhance our journey toward self-reliance.
Podcast: Pollinator Victory Garden with Kim Eierman
On the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast this week, we chat with author Kim Eierman about her book, The Pollinator Victory Garden.
Cabbage, avocado, lemon and salt are all you need for this recipe.
Recipe: Chilean Cabbage with Avocado Slaw
During lock down, recipes with fewer ingredients--like this one for Chilean Cabbage with Avocado Slaw--are most welcome. Four ingredients will score you a delicious, savory way to consume the multitudes of cabbage coming in from the garden in late winter or early spring.
Aquafaba whips up in less than 10 minutes.
Recipe: Intro to Aquafaba
With groceries in demand during the pandemic, it's important to use everything in the pantry to its highest potential. Short on eggs for that recipe? Use aquafaba instead. Let's explore.
First harvest of the season
YouTube: Perennial Crops for Your Self-Reliance Garden
Our latest YouTube video explores perennial crops that fill in the gaps in your garden year after year. Perennial crops offer durability and consistency amid the cycle of annual, seasonal crops. No self-reliance garden should be without them.
Podcast: Grow What You Love with Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy is an organic gardener and botanist in Northern California, where she produces articles, podcasts, and videos for her website, teaches classes, and designs gardens. She highlights some favorite recipes from her book in today's podcast.
Baby carrots didn't grow to maturity, but they're still tasty, and cute.
Wordless Wednesday: A Flurry of Garden Activity
Spring is busting out all over here at Gardenerd HQ. We're pulling winter crops, amending beds, and planting new crops. But the garden is putting on a show all the while. Here's some inspiration for the week. Get out there and plant something!
Compost is the most important ingredient in spring bed prep.
YouTube: Your Composting Questions Answered
We've received a slew of composting questions about how-to, how big, location, and even "what's it supposed to look like when it's done?" We decided to answer all of those questions in one video so you can start a compost bin right away.
Yvonne Savio has been gardening her entire life and she shares her best tips on today's Podcast.
Podcast: Tomato Tips with Yvonne Savio
We had to cancel all the classes at TomatoMania this year, including Yvonne Savio's talk on tomato transplanting. But we recorded an podcast with her this week over the phone to bring you some great tomato tips in time for spring planting
YouTube – Quick Crops for a Coronavirus Garden
Inquiring minds want to know, "What quick crops can I grow right now to harvest during lockdown?" We put together this video to answer that very question.