Ginseng Sweet Potato harvest
Growing Sweet Potatoes
As Autumn sets in, it's time to harvest sweet potatoes. They have spent the last three or four months growing in warm weather, but before frost hits (or as soon…
Bells and Kale--a lovely combination
Field Trip: Natural Bridges Farm
While up in Santa Cruz, we visited an amazing farm near the ocean. The reason why it's so amazing goes beyond its glorious rows of dahlias, kale and salad greens.…
Mexican Sour Gherkin Cucumbers
Growing Mexican Sour Gherkin Cucumbers
They look like tiny watermelons, but taste like cucumbers. What the heck are they? That's what most people say when they lay eyes on a Mexican Sour Gherkin cucumber. It's…
Garlic Party Package winners get all this!
It’s a Garlic Planting Party – Win a Party Prize Package!
This is exciting. The folks at Peaceful Valley Farm and Garden Supply (PVF) have asked Gardenerd to participate in their Garlic Planting Party this week, and you reap the benefits.…
Big Mushrooms Everywhere!
The latest post from Mar Vista's Bounty Hunter is ready for your perusal on Patch.com. Check out a new mushroom vendor at the Farmers' Market and find out how you…
Summer Tomatoes at the Santa Cruz Farmers' Market
Field Trip: Santa Cruz Farmers’ Market
It's harvest time, and I can't think of a better way to celebrate the recent Harvest Moon than to feature one of the best farmers' markets in California. A visit…
Two-Book Review: Any Size, Anywhere Edible Gardening & Baker Creek Vegan Cookbook
With fall coming on, it's time to crack open a new gardening book or two. I recently finished reading these new additions to my library and wanted to share my…
The ladies investigated the flat first, but wouldn't eat.
Chicken Forage Mix: The Feeding
Awhile back, we started planting a special blend of legumes, grasses and greens from Peaceful Valley Farm for our hens to forage, and we wrote about it in June. The…
Heirloom Expo 2012 - Giant Pile of Squash
Heirloom Expo 2012 Review
Last year when the first Heirloom Expo took place, I was not able to attend but swore that I would next year, come what may. Fast forward to year two,…
Margo and Dan’s BioIntensive Farm
When I spent three days learning the ways of GROW BIOINTENSIVE (GB) with John Jeavons and his team at Ecology Action in Willits, CA in 2009, two of my instructors…