Kale t-shirt: a must have for kale lovers.
Oh Kale Yeah! National Kale Day
October 1st is National Kale Day. Who cares that the holiday is only observed in Canada? We deserve to celebrate here in the States as well. Needless to say, we're…
Niki Jabbour does it again with Groundbreaking Food Gardens.
Groundbreaking Food Gardens Giveaway!
If you're looking for a good gardening book to curl up with this winter, Groundbreaking Food Gardens is my pick for 2014. Niki Jabbour, author of The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener,…
A potted lime tree sets fruit in the recent heat wave.
Vernal Equinox
September 23rd marks the beginning of fall, the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. It couldn't be more welcome after all the heat we've been having. It brings with it…
Back to My Garden's Dave Ledoux interviews Christy about writing, gardening and failure.
Gardenerd on Back to My Garden Podcast
A fellow gardenerd up in Canada has a new podcast (okay, not so new. He's got 20 episodes already) called Back to My Garden. Dave Ledoux grows in northern climates,…
Abundance is everywhere at the Heirloom Expo
Field Trip: Heirloom Expo 2014 Review
This year's Heirloom Expo was particularly delicious because I had the chance to give a lecture on my favorite subject: small-space biointensive gardening for urban gardeners. The rest of the…
Our verdict: I love veggies! Bake is a winner.
Recipe: I-Love-Veggies! Bake
It's new recipe time! This one uses foods from the summer harvest (mostly) and makes enough for leftovers. Mixing flavors of sweet potatoes, butternut squash and green beans also makes…
Not so foreign, but I'd never seen a quince in person before.
Field Trip: Little Farm in Encino, CA
We're about to take you on a journey to a magical place; a place where tropical and rare fruits grow in abundance, where grapevines climb arbors, where goats, chickens, rabbits…
Fresh sage is fragrant and adds earthy flavor to fall and winter dishes.
Harvesting Sage
I have a confession to make. I've never really been able to keep culinary sage alive, even though it's a perennial. Therefore I've had very little experience with harvesting sage,…
sliced zucchini
Recipe: Zucchini Quinoa Lasagna
This week, we continue our efforts to provide interesting meal ideas with the abundance of zucchini coming in from the garden. Are you sick of it yet? Hopefully not, because…
An Entirely Flattering Open Letter To Steve Martin
(Fellow gardenerd, forgive my use of this platform to express what appears to be unrelated subject matter, but it's something I have to do. We will return to our regularly…