Gardenerd Gazette

10-18-08 Fall Changes In This Issue: 1.   Fall Changes 2.   Gardenerd Fall Garden Planning Workshop 3.   Product of the Month: Gardenerd Long-Sleeved Shirt 4.   Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Pesto 1. FALL CHANGES Fall is a transitional season.  Much like spring, fall offers the excitement of change between the extremes of summer and winter.  Fall offers subtlety.  It serves as a gentle nudge in the direction of something new.  While we trade t-shirts for sweaters, the leaves change color and…

9-18-09 Fall Preparations In This Issue: September in the Garden Green Beacon Foundation Fall Garden Workshop Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Bed Prep Product of the Month: Fall Heirloom Seed Collection 1. September in the Garden It's Back to School time, which may or may not be a time of celebration for you.  However, it's also Back to the Garden time, which is definitely cause for celebration as fall garden plans are implemented.  We've been re-conditioning the soil at the…

10-24-09 Autumn is Here In This Issue: October in the Garden Gardenerd Organic Gardening Series - Weekend Intensive Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Floating Row Cover Product of the Month: Fall Heirloom Seed Collection 1. October in the Garden Halloween is right around the corner, which means the battle is on between Fun-Size Milky Way bars and healthy salads.  I like to think that there is room for both; you can harvest greens with one hand while deftly opening tiny…

11-20-09 Thanksgiving Harvest In this issue: November in the Garden New things at Gardenerd.com Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Growing Compost Crops Gardenerd Product of the Month: Gift Certificates 1. November in the Garden It seems like the holiday season has come upon us like a flash flood rather than like a slow trickle down the calendar flume of life this year. I've heard it said that time goes by faster as you get older, but this is ridiculous! The…

09-24-10 Fall Garden Fantasy In this issue: September in the Garden Solar Food Dryer Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Extending Tomatoes Gardenerd Product of the Month: Gardenerd Mug 1. September in the Garden There's no denying that the smell of the air has changed. It's officially fall and that unmistakable crispness has arrived. The sadness I feel for the passing of yet another summer is counteracted by the excitement of starting seeds for kale, broccoli, spinach, chard and more. We've…

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11-19-10 Thank the Garden In this issue: November in the Garden Visiting the Huntington Ranch Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Holiday Feast Ideas Gardenerd Product of the Month: Long-Sleeved T-shirt 1. November in the Garden As we approach Thanksgiving, I feel so grateful for the garden and all that it provides. Despite the challenges this year with more-active-than-usual pests (click here to see how we combated them), the cool summer season and the occasional blight, the garden is still a…

11-22-08 An Abundance of Thanks In This Issue: 1.   November in the Garden 2.   The NEW Gardenerd Store: Gardenerd Collection 3.   Product of the Month: Flower Pot Mug 4.   Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Root Vegetable Recipe 1. NOVEMBER IN THE GARDEN As we approach Thanksgiving, so many things come to mind.  Thoughts like, "How the heck did it get to be November already?!" and "What do I get my friends and family for the holidays this year?"  But before…

09-22-11 Goodbye Summer, Hello Fall In this issue: September in the Garden Upcoming Classes: Fall Garden Planning Workshop Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Cleaning Tomato Cages Gardenerd Product of the Month: New Fall Seed Collection 1. September in the Garden Between the heat waves and the unusually cool summer weather, it's hard to tell what Mother Nature is doing. Regardless of what the weather is like in your hardiness zone, September is the time for most hopeful gardeners to put…

10-21-11 Seasonal Changes In this issue: October in the Garden Upcoming Classes: Composting Workshop Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Planting Garlic Gardenerd Product of the Month: D. Landreth Seeds 1. October in the Garden The leaves are changing along with the scent of the air, letting us know that fall has definitely arrived. Here in Southern California, seasonal changes are subtle, but for those of us who have lived here forever, those changes are just as noticeable as any killing…