Kale brings happiness and balance to our garden.
Be F.A.B. in 2018
Every gardener needs tools to keep a garden healthy and thriving. This is not only true for the garden, but for the gardener. We get tired, overwhelmed, frustrated, bored, and…
Mittens watches over our first harvest of 2018.
New Year’s Resolution: Voice
My New Year's Resolution for 2018 is one word: Voice. Why?
Dazzling Blue Kale, the best of both worlds.
YouTube: 360 Degree Tour of Gardenerd HQ
We hope you are enjoying your holiday season. We are too. But in the meantime, here is a cool new video that gives you a 360 degree tour of Gardenerd…
Monarch caterpillars stripping the last of the milkweed.
Wordless Wednesday: Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice is tomorrow, the shortest day of the year. Dark at 4:30 is sad, but it's temporary. From this point forward, the days get longer. Here we celebrate the…
Seed Savers Exchange Flour Sack Towels feature heirloom vegetables.
A Gardenerd’s Wish List 2017
Gardenerds don't need much, but when it comes to wish lists we want everything. What's not to love about the latest seed arrivals from Seed Savers Exchange, or a new…
The recipe makes about 2 pints
YouTube: Garden Gifts for the Holidays
It's been awhile since we've done a YouTube video (we've been working on yet another book) but here's one just in time for the holidays. It's filled with ideas for…
Food scraps in a worm bin
Tackling Food Waste
I wrote about food waste a few weeks back, having just seen Wasted: The Story of Food Waste. The conversation continues this week as we dive deeper into the options…
Our home
Climate Mobilization vs. The GOP Tax Plan
With the passing of the recent GOP tax plan, which includes approval to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), my head reels once again at how the government…
Can you believe we have a second crop of loquats forming on the tree? Those late-summer hot days triggered fruit-set.
Wordless Wednesday – A Cranking Fall Garden
Winter is coming, but fall is still here. If there's one message this Wordless Wednesday coveys, it's that fall gardening is the best growing season in Southern California. If you're…
Dazzling Blue Kale, the best of both worlds.
Recipes for Fall Crops
As we start harvesting kale, bok choy, lettuces, Swiss chard, and radishes from the fall garden, it's time to find recipes for these gems. Got a lot of mustard greens?…