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We've unveiled our kale bed from its protecting floating row cover. Time to start picking!

Wordless Wednesday – December

This is what December looks like in a warm-winter climate. We're watering from rain barrels and eating salads in December (since lettuce bolts to seed too quickly through the summer). The mood also shifts toward baking and cooking again. Such is the beauty of fall/winter gardening. Loquats have just set fruit on our potted tree. They'll be ripe in a couple months. Our spring radishes are nearly ready to pick. Varieties include Cherry Belle (spring), Easter Egg (spring), French Breakfast…

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Post published:December 5, 2018
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Tasty and easy to make in about 30 minutes.

Recipe: Mini Pumpkin Sage Balls

'Tis the season for pumpkin everything, so these mini pumpkin sage balls are perfect for quick snacks or appetizers during the holidays. We've had this recipe sitting around since 2010 and finally got around to making them. You can make your own pumpkin puree to use in this recipe, or just grab a can (we did, since we're eating all our home-grown squash in solid form this year). The result is quick and easy, not to mention tasty. Mini Pumpkin…

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Post published:December 3, 2018
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Podcast: Off-Grid Living with Doug and Stacy

I've dreamed of moving off-grid for years. Tiny house, a few acres of open space, composting toilet, and most of all: peace and quiet. The whole deal thrills me, but not without reservation. Meet Doug and Stacy, two folks living what I call the real American Dream. Doug and Stacy host their YouTube Channel, Off-Grid with Doug and Stacy, where they share their daily adventures living on 11 acres in the mid-west without electricity or running water. Their lifestyle is inspiring to…

Post author:Christy
Post published:November 29, 2018
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Jessica Aldridge joins us at YouTube Space LA.

YouTube: Jessica Aldridge–Can You Compost or Recycle That?

For our very first YouTube Space LA video shoot, we invited Jessica Aldridge to bring her wealth of knowledge and her bag of tricks to enlighten us. She answers the questions: Can you compost that? Can you recycle that? When it comes to single-use garden stuff, the answers will surprise you. Our original podcast on the subject goes into more detail about municipal recycling and composting processes, but we thought visual aids would help deliver the message. Thus, the video…

Post author:Christy
Post published:November 27, 2018
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Anna dons borrowed festival garb at the Heirloom Expo 2018. We chatted about powdery mildew, giant pumpkin techniques and more.

Podcast: Growing Squash with Anna Peach

I met Anna Peach years ago at the Heirloom Expo, so it's only fitting that we recorded a podcast at this year's Expo. Anna is a one-woman winter squash powerhouse, growing pumpkins and gourds for restaurants in Hawaii on her quarter-acre farm, Squash and Awe. Anna's research and persistence paid off, when she set out to grow pumpkins on an island plagued with pests and diseases (at the time Hawaii was importing 97% of their squash because they couldn't grow…

Post author:Christy
Post published:November 7, 2018
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image courtesy of Piedmont Environmental Alliance.

Election Day 2018: Vote for the Environment!

It's Election Day 2018, and we're heading out to vote first thing in the morning. Then we'll be gardening, pruning, weeding, doing anything to distract us from the long wait before the results come in. We're just posting this quick note to say, GO VOTE! And make sure you... Vote for the Environment Whichever way you vote, make sure your candidates support environmental protections for our planet. It's the only planet we've got, and our elected officials must agree with…

Post author:Christy
Post published:November 6, 2018
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2018 marks the 10-year anniversary of Gardenerd's transition into a full-fledged business. It all began in 2001, even though our blog posts and podcasts only date back to 2005-2007. Since then, we've answered your questions through Ask Gardenerd, posted free tips and tricks on The Gardenerd Blog, and doled out free gardening tidbits on The Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast. We created a YouTube channel to reach even more gardenerds, which has more than 11,000 subscribers (as of this…

Post author:Christy
Post published:October 31, 2018
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Beautiful bread from start to finish.

Field Trip: Roan Mills Bakery

On a sleepy Saturday morning in early October, I drove to Fillmore, CA to meet up with a gaggle of sourdough bread bakers. Our gathering place: Roan Mills Bakery. Why? To get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of making bread from start to finish--from heritage grain to Caprese sandwich. The Bakery Roan Mills is run by Andrea Crawford of Kenter Canyon Farms (and LABB member). She and her team control ever stage, from growing identity-preserved wheat including Sonora, Red Fife, and Glenn,…

Post author:Christy
Post published:October 30, 2018
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Podcast: Bee-Friendly Gardens with Kate Frey

Kate Frey is an accomplished gardener. She earned awards from the Chelsea Flower Show. She co-authored The American Horticultural Society's Best Gardening Book of 2017. And she tended an organic farm for a Saudi Prince for two years. Needless to say, I was dying to interview her for the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast. Bee-Friendly Gardens Kate Frey Kates first book, The Bee-Friendly Garden, is co-authored with Gretchen LaBuhn. Together they explore the basics of biodiversity, including plant recommendations,…

Post author:Christy
Post published:October 25, 2018
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The Ever Curious Gardener is a walk through the mind of Lee Reich, PhD.

Review: The Ever Curious Gardener

When Lee Reich emailed me about his new book, The Ever Curious Gardener: Using a Little Natural Science for a Much Better Garden, I was indeed curious. Gardenerds always are. Reich's new book focuses on observation (which is, I would say, the most important skill in a gardener's tool bag) of his New Paltz, NY garden, where he walks the reader through topics including propagation and planting, soil, flowering and fruiting, plant stress and more. While the book features plants…

Post author:Christy
Post published:October 23, 2018
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