In this issue: August in the Garden Planning for Fall Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Heirloom Expo Gardenerd Product of the Month: Gardening for Geeks 1. August in the Garden Holy cow, it's hot out there! Thus the title of this month's newsletter: we're not gardening. We're looking out the window longingly, wishing the cucumbers weren't droopy, hoping the watermelons keep setting fruit in this heat, and contemplating as many no-cook dinners as possible. It's Caprese salads, tomato gazpacho, and…

In this issue: July in the Garden Knowing When to Harvest Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Ground Cherries Gardenerd Product of the Month: Gardenerd Tank Top   1. July in the Garden I refuse to look at Back-to-School ads in July. It's still summer, and the garden is producing like crazy, so as far as I'm concerned there's no need to plan ahead right now. July is all about being in the moment. It's about walking barefoot, wearing shorts, popping…

In this issue: June in the Garden Brewing Compost Tea Gardenerd Tip of the Month: SeedSavers Webinars Gardenerd Product of the Month: Gardenerd Grocery Tote   1. June in the Garden June brings warmer...and hotter...weather, making the garden really bloom. Hot weather crops are in their element, flowering and setting fruit, sprawling across the garden, climbing for the sky. In our Test Garden, we're harvesting blackberries, cucumbers and green beans. Picking often is the trick to continued production. Don't leave…

In this issue: August in the Garden Harvesting Sage Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Ants on My Blackberries & Citrus Gardenerd Product of the Month: Gardening for Geeks 1. August in the Garden The Dog Days are over. It's back-to-school time for most kids, which means it's also time to plan and plant fall crops. Summer is coming to a close, but the garden goes on for many of us. As the weather cools, we're shifting focus to fall crops…

In this issue: July in the Garden Homemade Fruit Fly Traps Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Ratatoulle, RatItalian Style Gardenerd Product of the Month: Gardenerd Tank Top   1. July in the Garden Are you sick of zucchini yet? It's right around now that we're almost grateful for powdery mildew on the squash plants. It helps slow down the influx of zucchini, yellow crookneck and patty pan squash. This month, we'll share another creative way to cook up that squash…

In this issue: June in the Garden Celebrate Seed Freedom at Heirloom Expo Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Summer Recipes Gardenerd Product of the Month: Gardenerd Recycled Grocery Tote   1. June in the Garden Summer is officially here and we're loving the longer days and warmer weather. The garden loves it too. We're harvesting cucumbers, tomatoes, green beans, zucchini, and yellow crookneck. We're drying out our Dakota Black Popping Corn and shelling it off the ears. I just paused…

In this issue: July in the Garden Recipes for Summer Harvest Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Re-purposed Container Garden Gardenerd Product of the Month: Gardenerd Infant Creeper   1. July in the Garden Right about now, many of us look up from whatever we're doing and realize it is July. Not April, not even May, but suddenly July...half the year is officially over. Where did the time go? I don't know about you, but every year it triggers something in…