Read more about the article Minnie and Moon Unboxing
Prettily wrapped packages would rouse any gardener, eager to unwrap these gifts.

Minnie and Moon Unboxing

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Gardenerds love gardening toys, especially in spring. There's something very satisfying about a fresh new ball of jute twine or a well-made hand tool. As if spring wasn't exciting enough, we recently received a gift certificate to go crazy at Minnie and Moon, a great new online garden store that imports well-made British tools and goodies to the US. If you read our November, 2014 newsletter about Minnie and Moon, you'll get the story behind the products, (In the interest…

Read more about the article Urban Soil Summit Review – Part 2
What we need to design our gardens to deal with our storm water

Urban Soil Summit Review – Part 2

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It's time for more details from the Urban Soil Summit, following Part 1 of our review of the event. Day 2 was just as mind-blowing as Day 1, but the focus was on ideas that could be labeled as fringe or even controversial. Still, all the speakers were enlightening and we came away with more inspiration to share. The day also proved to be more emotional than the day before. It all started with Finian Makepeace of Kiss the Ground.…

Read more about the article Experimental Spring: New Basils and More
Clockwise from upper left (2 of each plant): Renee's Mrs. Burns, Native Seed's Mrs. Burns (1 just sprouted), Salad Leaf Basil, Aurelia Basil, Opal Basil.

Experimental Spring: New Basils and More

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Gardeners get bored, so we keep trying new varieties to keep things interesting. This spring at Gardenerd HQ, we're trying out several new seeds for 2015.  We planted seeds a week or so ago, and now those seeds are sprouting and the excitement is really kicking in. Let's take a look: 4 types of basil (and 2 different strains of 1 cultivar) sit beautifully in their seed tray. Basil Every year we grow Renee's Garden Seeds Salad Leaf Basil. It's…

Read more about the article Tomatomania is Here!
Scott's new book, Tomatomania! Grab your copy today.

Tomatomania is Here!

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Scott Daigre began his tomato passion at Hortus Nursery back in the day, when gardeners would flock to Hortus's annual Tomatomania seedling sale. Once Hortus closed its doors, Scott took on the task of continuing the tradition, offering heirloom and hybrid tomato seedlings at Tomatomania events all over Southern California. Now Tomatomania is on the East Coast as well, and Scott has a new book to share with tomato lovers all over the world. TOMATOMANIA, A Fresh Approach to Celebrating…

Five Steps to a Beautiful Flagstone Ground Cover

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Today we have a guest post from Dane O'Leary, a full-time freelance writer, lifestyles and design blogger, scientist, and humanitarian. His writing has been published in a variety of independent web and print publications. He has degrees in psychology and anthropology with additional study in journalism, graphic design, and public relations. Dane is currently also working on his debut novel. Good luck with the book, Dane, and take it away! 5 Steps to a Beautiful Flagstone Ground Cover We all…

Read more about the article Urban Soil Summit Review – Part 1
Dr. Elaine Ingham shares the amazing restoration work she's doing.

Urban Soil Summit Review – Part 1

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If you've ever wanted to know how soil works and what's going on underground in your garden, a Soil Summit is a great place to start. It is impossible to summarize the whole of the Urban Soil Carbon Water Summit (Soil Summit for short) that I attended last week in one blog post. So I won't. I can, however, share the highlights from the first part of the first day which featured talks from Dr. Elaine Ingham and Ray Archuleta.…

Read more about the article Local: Gardenerd @ Venice Green Expo
Venice Green Expo is this Saturday

Local: Gardenerd @ Venice Green Expo

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This one is for Angelenos. If you don't live here, go plant some seeds indoors and make sure all your tools are clean for spring. Soon it will be time to garden again. Now, onward... This Saturday, February 28, from 1-3p.m. I'll be doling out free gardening advice at the Venice Green Expo.  They have an Eco Genius Bar, where you can stop by and ask questions of several experts on hand. I'll be answering gardening questions, so stop on…

Read more about the article How To Garden While Injured
Is gardening still possible with an injured hand?

How To Garden While Injured

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It happens to everyone at some point, we get injured. Injury brings garden progress to a halt. All those plans for fruit tree pruning, rose pruning, turning compost piles, etc., stop dead while injuries heal. Or do they? I recently had a little roller disco accident while celebrating a friend's 40th birthday. I think it's needless to say, at this point, that "40th" and "roller disco" probably shouldn't be uttered in the same sentence. But it happened, and I've been…

Read more about the article New Seed Favorites for 2015
Honey Nut from Renee's Seeds

New Seed Favorites for 2015

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Now that we've finished combing through the pile of seed catalogs that came in the mail over the holidays, we've made our list of new seeds we'll be planting this spring. It's a Gardenerd tradition to share our new seed favorites for each year. Let 2015 be no exception. Several of our selections came to us via seed saving: Marina di Chioggia David King at the Seed Library of Los Angeles handed out wedges of Marina di Chioggia squash last…

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