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Soil Food Web Intensive – Part 2
In our last episode, we shared the wonders of Dr. Elaine Ingham's Soil Food Web Intensive course. Today, we'll continue with more tidbits and tricks that will help you build…
Soil Food Web
Soil Food Web Intensive – Part 1
I've just returned from spending 5 glorious days with Dr. Elaine Ingham, the soil microbiologist who coined the term "Soil Food Web." It was, indeed, intense. Even though I'd been…
Female flowers create a fruit that's flat on one side.
Growing Turban Squash
Turban squash, also known as Turk's Cap, is a winter squash that is so alluring it steals focus from pumpkins any day. We pilfered one from the Heirloom Expo last…
She'll guide cucumbers and pole beans up the trellis this summer.
Design: Balcony Garden Joy
Small space gardening is our specialty here at Gardenerd. We like making the most of tiny gardens, and our latest project was no exception. Using pre-fab products, we turned a…
Growing Jerusalem Artichokes
Back in December, we planted a handful of Jerusalem artichokes (a.k.a. sunchokes) that had sprouted in the refrigerator. Having never grown them before, it was an experiment (as is much…
The finished product will be delicious and refreshing.
Recipe: Caramel Blackberry Goat Milk Ice Cream
Here's one for anyone who can't do cow. We recently discovered a raw goat milk vendor at our local farmers' market and decided that it was time to experiment with…
Grains and chaff waiting for winnowing.
Harvesting Wheat
We grew White Sonora Wheat over winter, and now that it's May in Southern California, it is time to harvest. Our 4x4 foot raised bed was filled with tall, slender…
Tiny watermelons set fruit (shot through the crook of a watermelon leaf)
Wordless Wednesday: Mid-Spring Garden Flourish
It's too pretty out there, we had to share. Enjoy these photos from the Gardenerd Test Garden in mid-spring as the garden flourishes. That's our mid-spring garden flourish. What's growin'…
Thornless boysenberries climb a trellis behind strawberries.
Starter Garden for Family
A family in Manhattan Beach called us saying they were "accidentally" growing pumpkins in a plastic storage container, and they wanted a real garden instead. In truth, they had great…
Quartered kumquats (say that 10 times fast)
Recipe: Andrew’s Kumquat Marmalade
The kumquat tree was planted for the husband. Yours truly doesn't care for them. To be honest, the husband uses them as an appetite suppressant (the sourness makes one not…