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Amaranth seed from Guatemala.

Recipe: Amaranth Torta from Qachuu Aloom

Gardening is as much about cultural connection as it is about sustainability and sustenance. Once per year, a group of Maya farmers come to The Learning Garden in Venice, CA, to share the seeds of their culture. This year, farmers from Qachuu Aloom Association in Guatemala brought more than seed, they brought recipes for how to cook with amaranth seed and leaves. In short, they made us an Amaranth Torta and showed us how to do it ourselves. It's fascinating…

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Post published:August 8, 2017
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The finished dish is delicious! Summer flavors at their finest.

Recipe: Penne with Poblano Chiles, Corn and Cilantro Cream

I love when a recipe drops in my lap that calls for ingredients readily available in the garden. It doesn't happen often, but when it does it's like grabbing the golden ring. This recipe for Penne with Poblano Chiles, Corn and Cilantro Cream highlights delicious summer flavors without spending too much time at the stove. We used the one successful Poblano chile we've harvested so far (even though the recipe calls for two), and the last of the cilantro just…

Post author:Christy
Post published:August 2, 2017
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The Garden Seed Saving Guide by Jill Henderson

Review: The Garden Seed Savers Guide by Jill Henderson

If you like your books short and sweet then you'll love The Garden Seed Savers Guide: Easy Heirloom Seeds for the Home Gardener (Groundswell Books) by Jill Henderson. It's under 65 pages and gives you a basic guide to saving seeds for a range of crops, from lettuces to beans, from broccoli to squash. After lessons in seed nomenclature, pollination, and isolation distances, Henderson organizes the book into plant families to address specifics about saving seeds across a species. She…

Post author:Christy
Post published:August 1, 2017
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Gardenerd’s 1st YouTube Live Thursday!

Tune in today, July 20, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. for Gardenerd's first YouTube Live broadcast on the Gardenerd YouTube Channel. We'll be chatting about summer gardening - heat and harvesting. Bring your burning questions, and learn a thing or two. No matter where you live, you can participate. Of course we'll share some of our favorite tips from 400+ Tips for Organic Gardening Success, too! AND - did you know that we're running a contest? Three lucky gardenerds will win…

Post author:Christy
Post published:July 20, 2017
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The bees enjoyed the flowers of bolting kale and mustard greens.

YouTube: Vegetables and Fruits for Bees

The last video in our Plants for Pollinators Series on YouTube is all about vegetables and fruits for bees. A diversity of crop varieties will give bees plenty to forage on during the summer when there is a dearth of flowering plants. Grow crops like peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, squash, beans, and melons to give bees something tasty to enjoy during the spring and summer. In fall and early spring, grow peas, cucumbers, lettuces and other greens and let them go…

Post author:Christy
Post published:July 18, 2017
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Living With Fibromyalgia: How Gardening Helped Me Get Control

Today's post is from guest blogger, Maria Cannon. Maria has suffered from depression and anxiety, in addition to fibromyalgia, for years. Her hobbies--gardening, quilting, sewing, and knitting--play a major role in maintaining her mental health. She started Hobbyjr.org to help others use hobbies to help with their own problems. Take it away, Maria. For those living with chronic pain, it can seem like there’s no light at the end of the tunnel. Dealing with health issues every day is bad…

Post author:Christy
Post published:July 11, 2017
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Red Creole onions came out small this year, but still plentiful.

Wordless Wednesday: Celebrating Freedom

We garden as an act of freedom. Our founding fathers gardened for sustenance. Whether we grow our own food for survival or to enjoy beauty around us, we are free to do it in our backyards, front yards, parkways (thanks to folks like Ron Finley) and community gardens. Let's celebrate our food independence with pictures of the abundance. Enjoy your summer garden and the freedom it brings. Share some of your favorite "independence" veggies and fruits below.

Post author:Christy
Post published:July 5, 2017
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The finished product is sweet and savory, tender-crisp and delicious.

Recipe: Baked Parmesan Zucchini for 4th of July

Happy 4th of July! Are you sick of zucchini yet? Here at Gardenerd we strive to find new ways to use zucchini, many of which hide the ubiquitous fruit well. This is not one of those recipes. This one features zucchini in all its glory. Baked Parmesan Zucchini. We featured this recipe on last week's Tip of the Week podcast, but here's the real deal to back it up. They're tender-crisp and great for eating while outside in the garden…

Post author:Christy
Post published:July 4, 2017
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A swallowtail butterfly on a ‘Red Riding Hood’ Penstemon.

Essential Plants for a Great Butterfly Garden

Today's post is from guest blogger Randy Schultz from American Meadows. Butterflies need our help and in this article he suggests plants that provide habitat for these beautiful creatures. Take it away Randy: Essential Plants for a Great Butterfly Garden Everyone loves butterflies. These delightful insects are like flying flowers, adding color and movement everywhere they go. Unfortunately, these beautiful insects are in trouble. The populations of many species, including the monarch butterfly, are dwindling due to shrinking habitat. But…

Post author:Christy
Post published:June 20, 2017
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New 400+ Tips Gardening Book for Summer!

We're pleased to announce the arrival of 400+ Tips for Organic Gardening Success: A Decade of Tricks, Tools, Recipes, and Resources from Gardenerd.com. It's been ten years in the making and we're launching it on June 20th, just in time for Summer Solstice. Many of you have read our Tip of the Week on the website, and listened to the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast. Each week we list a helpful link to more information about that week's tip.…

Post author:Christy
Post published:June 14, 2017
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