04-23-10 Earth Day Every Day In this issue: April in the Garden Garden Tours - Get your game on Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Shiny Pretty Things Gardenerd Product of the Month: MinifarmBox 1. April in the Garden Happy Earth Day! Each year for Earth Day I try to do something new to lighten my environmental impact on the planet. Sometimes I succeed, and other times Earth Day goes by without much change. This year, I had the great pleasure…

03-24-10 Spring Forward In this issue: March in the Garden Old Wives Tales: Egg Balancing Gardenerd Tip of the Month: 3 Sisters Gardenerd Product of the Month: Woolly Pockets 1. March in the Garden Welcome to spring 2010! This year, thousands of new gardeners will try their hand at growing some of their own food, and I want to personally welcome all of the new members to the Gardenerd Community (particularly those from Sony Pictures, Aerospace and Fox Studios) and…

5-06-09 The Garden is Alive In This Issue: May in the Garden Composting Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Beneficial Insectaries Product of the Month: SALE! Ultimate Garden Bag 1. May in the Garden What an exciting time in the garden!  Everything is bursting to life.  What might have been idling along during the colder weeks has suddenly kicked into action out there.  Haricot Vert Beans are up, lettuces are showing their colors, and of course the tomatoes are growing taller…

3-31-09 Spring Along with Me In This Issue: March in the Garden Planting Tomatoes Gardenerd Tip of the Week: Free Mulch Product of the Month: Gardenerd Recycled Grocery Tote 1. March in the Garden Gardening has been in the news these days, from the White House's announcement that they're putting in a Victory Garden, to news of seed sales rising 35%.  It seems that everyone is getting in on the action one way or another. Spring is definitely here in…

5-21-08 Itchin' For Vacation In This Issue:     1. What's Growin' On in May     2. Vacation Watering     3. Gardenerd Tip of the Month - Shade Gazebo     4. Gardenerd Product of the Month - Maternity Shirt 1. WHAT'S GROWIN' ON IN MAY This has been a busy month, both in the garden and at Gardenerd.com.  After a little bit of a late start, the garden is bustling with the first zucchini and yellow crookneck squashes forming on the…

4-19-08 Welcome to Spring  In This Issue:     1. Clearing the Cobwebs for Spring     2. Organic Gardening Classes - Coming in May!     3. Gardenerd Tip of the Month - Cutting Gardens     4. Gardenerd Product of the Month - Tote Bag 1. CLEARING THE COBWEBS FOR SPRING Whatever it is that takes over a gardener's brain when spring hits - has happened this week.  Maybe it was the long drive along the Amalfi Coast in Italy earlier this…

3-12-08 Luck of the Irish In This Issue:     1. Spring is here!     2. Organic Gardening Classes - 2 classes left     3. Gardenerd Tip of the Month - iTunes     4. Gardenerd Product of the Month 1. SPRING IS HERE! If ever there were a time to celebrate, for me, it's the beginning of daylight savings time (DLST).  This year it comes 3 weeks early, so I'm even more overjoyed.  I know, I know, it's dark in the…

5-24-07 May Flowers In This Issue: April Showers Bring May Flowers Off the Beaten Path Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Deadheading Gardenerd Product of the Month: Tank Top 1. April Showers Bring May Flowers And how! We may have had only one day of April showers here in Southern California, but the flowers don't seem to notice at all. The irises are in bloom, the agapanthus are starting to open, and the roses have taken off in a flurry of…

3-2-07 Spring Mania In This Issue: Spring-mania New duds for spring Tomato Time Out with the Old 1. Spring-mania Ready or not, here comes spring! I can almost feel the layers of winter falling away as we start to experience the change in the air. The rains have brought fresh air to Southern California, and the time has come to start our spring gardens. I'm in hog heaven this year, because not only do I have my patch of land…

5-10-06 Mother's Day and Venice In This Issue: From Venice to Venice The Stork is coming Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Grow Organic 1. From Venice to Venice In lieu of an April newsletter, I took a little trip to Venice, Italy for my “official” honeymoon.  What a glorious place it is!  Words cannot describe the splendor of its intoxicating beauty.  The history, the buildings, the bridges, the people – all so perfect in some otherworldly way.  Between my fluent-Italian-speaking-husband…