02-27-25 A Garden Loves You Back

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In this issue: February in the Garden - A Garden Loves You Back Video: Why Do We Hill Up Potatoes? Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Spring Planning Guide Gardenerd Product of the Month: NEW! High Yield Small Space Organic Gardening 1. February in the Garden - A Garden Loves You Back Valentine's / Galentine's Day may have come and gone, but there's still love coming from the garden. And it is reciprocal. We love our gardens, and can't wait to…

New Year's Harvest wordless wednesday
The New Year's harvest consisted of winter radishes, arugula and salad greens in our new harvest basket from Karl Family Baskets (best Christmas present EVER!).

01-30-24 Is It A New Year?

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In this issue: January in the Garden - Is It a New Year? Video: Growing Sugar Snap & Snow Peas Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Post-Fire Garden Advice Gardenerd Product of the Month: Plan Your Abundant Edible Garden 1. January in the Garden - Is It a New Year? It's only January, but it feels like the year is half over already. With Los Angeles fires burning, the changes in the country's administration, and all the other news this month,…

12-19-24 Home for the Holidays

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In this issue: December in the Garden - Home for the Holidays Video: Simple and Safe Pest Control Hack Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Holiday Gift Ideas from the Garden Gardenerd Product of the Month: Get Last Minute Gifts at CafePress! 1. December in the Garden - Home for the Holidays I love being home for the holidays. It keeps me close to my garden, able to harvest fresh salad greens at any time. We get to enjoy the fruits…

Read more about the article 02-28-24 Learning Opportunities
The harvest basket is filled with lettuces, kale, radishes, herbs like dill, cilantro and arugula.

02-28-24 Learning Opportunities

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In this issue: February in the Garden - Learning Opportunities Video: Blanching in the Garden Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Free Webinars - 1 left! Gardenerd Product of the Month: Plan Your Abundant Edible Garden Course 1. February in the Garden - Learning Opportunitites Spring is in the air, or will be soon in most places. Most gardenerds are counting the days until last frost. Those of us who grow through the winter are enjoying the harvest right now. Then…

Rosalind Broccoli
Rosalind Broccoli is showing off in the winter garden.

01-25-24 A Fresh New Garden Year

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In this issue: January in the Garden - A Fresh New Garden Year Podcast: Gardening as Therapy with Jon Jackson Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Check Your Seed Inventory Gardenerd Product of the Month: Christy's Books on Sale! 1. January in the Garden - A Fresh New Garden Year Happy New Year, gardenerds! Each day the sun sets a little later, and the tease of spring lingers over the garden. Will this be the year to plant that special crop…

Bowl of Holiday cheer
Musical themed ornaments set in a bowl of greenery and mini pine cones.

12-21-23 Gifts of the Garden

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In this issue: December in the Garden - Gifts of the Garden YouTube: How to Fix a Clogged Garden Hose Nozzle Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Clean Your Garden Tools Gardenerd Product of the Month: Spanish Garden Variety 1. December in the Garden - Gifts of the Garden Happy winter solstice, gardenerds! The garden provides gifts any time of year, but in December it either brings you joy that its shut down for winter (rest is essential), or it's going…

Broccoli harvest
Rosalind (front) and Thompson broccoli harvested recently.

02-23-23 Garden Love

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In this issue: February in the Garden Podcast: Market Farming with Jill Ragan Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Spring Planting Guide Gardenerd Product of the Month: Garden Variety 1. February in the Garden - Garden Love For our first newsletter of the year (we took January off to work on the next installment of Garden Variety) we're sharing tips for spring. Because spring is already here in warm-winter climates, and it isn't far behind everywhere else. Now is the time…

Radish harvest
An abundant harvest of spring radishes in a rainbow of colors.

12-22-22 Holiday Harvests

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In this issue: December in the Garden YouTube: Growing Microgreens Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Last Minute Gift ideas Gardenerd Product of the Month: Garden Variety 1. December in the Garden - Holiday Harvests 2022 has been a year of climbing back on the horse after the pandemic. For a lot of gardenerds, December is a time to rest and make plans for next year. For folks in my area, we're harvesting and watching the garden grow. On a personal…

ladybug chard OVF
Lady bugs keep aphids at bay in our Swiss chard patch.

02-22-22 Gardening Know-How

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In this issue: February in the GardenPodcast: The Importance of Woodchip With Ben RaskinGardenerd Tip of the Month: Creating a Healthy Garden CourseGardenerd Product of the Month: Garden Variety - Available Now 1. February in the Garden - Gardening Know-How Spring is already here in warm-winter climates, while bulbs start to pop through snow in colder locations. Signs of spring are everywhere as daylight get longer each day. I'm seeing photos of snowdrops, amaryllis, and buds on dormant trees on…

Stinging nettles
Stinging nettles are like 2022; they're prickly, but if turn them into soup they nourish us and taste delicious.

01-20-22 New Year, Different Garden

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In this issue: January in the GardenYouTube: 5 Vegetable Gardening Tips for 2022Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Pruning Dormant Fruit TreesGardenerd Product of the Month: Garden Variety - Pre-Order 1. January in the Garden It appears that 2022 is off to a rocky start. But I'm hopeful that our gardens will help us get through uncertain times. Gardens have always served that function, through world wars, depressions, recessions, and good times. I think it's fair to say that if we…

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