This week's podcast guest is Jessica Walliser, horticulturalist, garden columnist and author of several books including Good Bug, Bad Bug; and the award-winning Attracting Beneficial Bugs to the Garden. We chat about her newest book, Gardener’s Guide to Compact Plants: Edibles and Ornamentals for Small-Space Gardening.
Dragon fruit, or pitaya, is a cactus fruit that tastes delicious, is nutritious, and grows well in warm-winter climates (it doesn't like temperatures below 40° F).
Nicole Gennetta runs Heritage Acres, a 2-acre hobby farm in Pueblo West, Colorado. She and her husband tend poultry, bees, a garden and orchard. She's also a medically retired paramedic…
Day Length matters. I see it all the time--nurseries carry Long Day onion seedlings in Short Day onion territory. What's the difference? Our new YouTube video breaks it down. We'll…
While most homesteaders are well-versed in "putting up" or canning at the end of the season, pressure canning is a next-level adventure. We recently went down that rabbit hole, complete…
C. Darren Butler is more than a tree expert. Yes, he's a certified and consulting arborist. But he's also a Master Gardener, an ecological landscape designer, and a landscape consultant.…
Summer gardening brings delights and disappointments, i.e. the downside of gardening. Hot days tax plants, critters discover your tasty produce, and plant death is just around the corner.
This recipe for Pea Soup with Pesto Goat-Cheese Tartines is the reason for making pesto now, and freezing it for winter or spring. As the title implies, spring peas are the main character in this dish.
Our guest on the Gardenerd tip of the Week Podcast this week is Shawna Coronado. She's a gardener, photographer, a radio and TV personality, a healthy lifestyle expert, and author of 6 books.
I always hated Back to School days, and when I start seeing Pee-Chee folders and pencil cases in advertisements, I still get that sense of dread. Luckily we're adults now,…