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Jarradale squash and Stowell's Evergreen Corn sprouting in the spring garden

06-22-23 Summer Excitement

In this issue: June in the Garden Video: How to Save Onion Seeds Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Blackberry Recipes Gardenerd Product of the Month: Online Pest Control Course 1. June in the Garden - Summer Excitement When I see winter squash vines wandering into the pathways of my garden, I get a dose of summer excitement. It brings hope and the promise of future harvests to mind and heart. When we watch tomatoes turn color, we can't help but…

Post author:Christy
Post published:June 22, 2023
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Summer

A dead fig beetle on our dead corn stalks marks the end of summer.

08-25-22 Resting Time

In this issue: August in the GardenPodcast: The Garden Sabbatical with Devorah BrousGardenerd Tip of the Month: How to Pick a WatermelonGardenerd Product of the Month: Garden Variety - A Summer Escape 1. August in the Garden - Resting Time For those of us with long, dry summers, August is resting time. The garden is finishing up, and there's a brief but much-needed pause before fall planning and planting starts. For those with winter frost and snow, your pause comes…

Post author:Christy
Post published:August 25, 2022
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Summer

Tomatoes from the garden. There were more but we made pico di gallo a few days ago.

07-28-22 Summer Harvests

In this issue: July in the GardenPodcast: Why Trees Matter with Dan LambeGardenerd Tip of the Month: Tomato BlightGardenerd Product of the Month: Garden Variety - Your Summer Reading 1. July in the Garden - Summer Harvests July celebrates the true summer harvest time. Tomatoes take center stage and in some climates, so does tomato blight. But the abundance of fruits and vegetables filling the harvest basket in July is why we garden, isn't it? Whether you grill, bake, saute,…

Post author:Christy
Post published:July 28, 2022
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Summer

Nikolayev Yellow cherry make up the majority of our tomato harvest at the moment.

06-23-22 Solstice Happens

In this issue: June in the Garden YouTube: Solving Squash Problems Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Corn Earworm Prevention Gardenerd Product of the Month: Garden Variety - Perfect Summer Reading! 1. June in the Garden - Solstice Happens Summer solstice began on June 21st. The longest day of the year is fleeting, but we gardenerds will make the most of these long days while they last. This is when harvesting begins in earnest. I see tomato pics on Instagram, videos…

Post author:Christy
Post published:June 23, 2022
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Summer

Sweet meat pumpkin sets fruit (with a little help from us...and a paintbrush)

08-19-21 August Abundance

In this issue: August in the GardenYouTube: The Gardening Good, Bad, and the UglyGardenerd Tip of the Month: Zucchini RecipesGardenerd Product of the Month: Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden August in the Garden August can be a time of abundance or abandonment. Is your garden going gangbusters, or waning with withering weather? Either way, let's celebrate this part of the gardening cycle. It means that soon we will enter a new season to plant or rest, depending on where…

Post author:Christy
Post published:August 19, 2021
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Summer

Sweet meat pumpkin sets fruit (with a little help from us...and a paintbrush)

07-22-21 Basil Bonanza

In this issue: July in the GardenYouTube: Favorite Basil VarietiesGardenerd Tip of the Month: Basil RecipesGardenerd Product of the Month: Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden July in the Garden This month's newsletter is a basil bonanza. I don't know about you, but I'm enjoying the heck out of my basil patch these days. Pesto, Caprese (and Caprese sandwiches on homemade sourdough EVERY SINGLE DAY), and basil lemonade. What could be better? In the Test Garden, we're still dealing with…

Post author:Christy
Post published:July 22, 2021
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Summer

Sweet meat pumpkin sets fruit (with a little help from us...and a paintbrush)

06-24-21 Hello Summer!

In this issue: June in the GardenYouTube: Best Seeds to Save for Beginners Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Pest Control TipsGardenerd Product of the Month: Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden June in the Garden Well, Hello summer! Warm weather brings with it the ripening of hot-weather crops. Summer has its blessings as well as its curses: long sunny days, but an increase in pests, plant stress, and drought (here, anyway. We send our thoughts those are experiencing flooding right…

Post author:Christy
Post published:June 24, 2021
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Summer

08-09-20 Summer Garden Solace

In this issue: August in the GardenClosing the Food Gap - PodcastGardenerd Tip of the Month: Preserving the HarvestGardenerd Product of the Month: Gardening for Geeks 2020 August in the Garden The summer garden is plugging along and we're seeing ads for home canning and food preservation kits. With so many new gardeners harvesting crops for the first time, it's important to include preservation as part of the conversation. Canning, drying, and freezing are part of the gardening season. Don't…

Post author:Christy
Post published:August 13, 2020
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Summer

A rainbow of tomatoes graces our kitchen counter.

07-09-20 Gardening Is Freedom

In this issue: July in the GardenProtecting & Harvesting Corn - YouTubeGardenerd Tip of the Month: Answers to Your QuestionsGardenerd Product of the Month: Gardening for Geeks 2020 July in the Garden Here in Los Angeles, Covid-19 case are on the rise, and I continue to offer consultations via Zoom. I've got my family to protect, so I'm wearing a mask when I go outside. I wish everyone else would too. When I talk to relatives living in Italy, they…

Post author:Christy
Post published:July 9, 2020
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Summer

The winter garden provides crops that store well.

06-02-20 Gardening Amid Change

In this issue: June in the Garden I Will Confront Racism Now, Not Someday Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Fruit Tree Podcast Gardenerd Product of the Month: Gardening for Geeks 2020 June in the Garden As I write this, helicopters are hovering overhead. I hear alarms and sirens off in the distance in my Los Angeles neighborhood. People are peacefully protesting, while opportunists loot local businesses. It's really hard to write about gardening as if nothing is going on. So…

Post author:Christy
Post published:June 4, 2020
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Summer

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