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 HQ. Look around, use your mouse to scroll left and right. Check out what's growin' on in the middle of December in Southern California. Note: If the scrolling 360 effect doesn't work on this embedded video, click through to our YouTube channel to watch with all the bells and whistles.…
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 beauty of winter even with no snow or frost in sight. Winter Solstice Whether your garden is covered with snow or providing you with daily greens, Happy holidays and happy Winter Solstice from our garden to yours!
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 pair of well-fitting gloves? A fellow gardenerd commented on our latest video about holiday gift ideas, asking how we were able to keep the video under 6 minutes. It's hard not to want everything we see in the catalogs showing up in the mail right now. Every year we put…
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 garden gifts--or gifts from the garden--and for the gardenerds in your life. Garden gifts are the best kind, and your friends and family will know you put your heart into it. Whether you need a quick hostess gift, or something special for all the aunts and uncles, you'll find ideas…
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 for preventing food waste at home. As we head into the holidays, it's easy to lose track of what's in the fridge, to eat out more often with friends, or to take more than we need as we browse the buffet. Here's a thought-provoking and fun video that explores one…
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 continually chooses profit over people and planet. In a time when China is moving ahead by leaps and bounds in the transition to alternative energy, we are still focused on destroying the last pristine stretches of nature for non-renewable resource extraction. What kind of future, and what kind of planet,…
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 not growing in fall/winter, you're missing out! Here's what's happening in our Test Garden right now. Come see it on December 16th in person! See all this in person! Come see how much our Test Garden has grown in 2 weeks on December 16th at our first ever Gardenerd HQ…
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? We've got recipes for you. Check out these tasty dishes that don't take a grand plan to execute. Kale Warm dinners are in store when kale is in the garden. This recipe for One Pot Kale and Quinoa Pilaf is on our list to try as the weather cools down.…
Our test garden kicks into gear.
Gardenerd HQ Fall Test Garden Tour – Dec. 16, 2017
We hope you can join us for our first Gardenerd HQ Fall Test Garden Tour. We're grateful for mild winters because fall is the best growing season for our favorite crops. Kale, broccoli, lettuces, root veggies, potatoes, peas and more - that's what fall gardening is all about! The Gardenerd Test Garden will be open to the public on December 16, 2017 to share the beauty and splendor of fall gardening. Join us for an afternoon of garden-nerdiness. Come celebrate…