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Spinach, lettuce, carrots, beets, chard and cilantro top the list of winter's gifts.

12-20-18 Winter’s Gifts

In this issue: December in the Garden Garden Safety Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Fruit Tree Pruning Gardenerd Product of the Month: 400+ Tips for Organic Gardening Success 1. December in the Garden Whether you have put your garden to bed for winter, or you're deep into harvesting your cool-weather crops, December is a time to reflect on what worked and what didn't. It's a time to ponder winter's gifts. Our test garden is growing strong, as is our community…

Post author:Christy
Post published:December 20, 2018
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Winter

Parsnips, carrots, a purple sweet potato and Yukon potato

11-15-18 Giving Thanks

In this issue: November in the Garden YouTube: Save a Pot-Bound Tree Part 2: Update Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Thanksgiving Recipes Gardenerd Product of the Month: 400+ Tips for Organic Gardening Success 1. November in the Garden It's hard to believe Thanksgiving is here once again. We're still planting fall crops, mostly because it was too hot in October to plant (we used to plant in September, then October, these days November). Partner that with wildfires (three of our…

Post author:Christy
Post published:November 15, 2018
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Fall

John Jeavons is creator of GROW BIOINTENSIVE mini-farming system.

10-18-18 Fall is Back

In this issue: October in the Garden YouTube: Tips from National Kale Day Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Grow BioIntensive Gardenerd Product of the Month: 400+ Tips for Organic Gardening Success 1. October in the Garden I'm seeing fall images on Instagram from gardeners across the country. Some show snowfall already! Others share the tapestry of autumn's colorful transformation. We've got high winds (read: power outages) and hot temps (read: arson weather), but mornings are chilly. It keeps us on…

Post author:Christy
Post published:October 18, 2018
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Fall

The infamous Tower of Squash is the center of the Heirloom Expo's Hall of Flowers.

09-20-18 Fanciful Fall

In this issue: September in the Garden Eye Candy from the National Heirloom Expo 2018 Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Direct Sow vs. Starting Indoors Gardenerd Product of the Month: 400+ Tips for Organic Gardening Success 1. September in the Garden Fall begins on Sept. 22nd, but the long shadows and cool evenings tell me it's already here. Yes, it's still 80° F during the day, but I'm inexplicably drawn to my seed trays and grow lights to bring fall's…

Post author:Christy
Post published:September 20, 2018
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Fall

08-23-18 Is it Hot Enough For You?

In this issue: August in the Garden Fall Garden Prep and Classes Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Ripening Ground Cherries Gardenerd Product of the Month: Jr. Spaghetti Strap Top 1. August in the Garden Is it hot enough for you? We're on the coast and it's been 85-90 degrees every day (with no air conditioning, mind you). We have a strategy here at Gardenerd HQ: in the morning we open all the windows, turn on two box fans to pull…

Post author:Christy
Post published:August 23, 2018
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Summer

Black Cherry tomatoes flowering

07-19-18 Summer’s Best Gift

In this issue: July in the Garden Ask Gardenerd: Tomatoes Not Bearing Fruit Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Seed Saving with Eleuterio Navarro Gardenerd Product of the Month: 400+ Tips for Organic Gardening Success 1. July in the Garden Many would say that summer's best gift is the tomato. I agree, but would argue that basil, sweet corn, and sunflowers are tied for second. So far, we've made more pesto this summer than anything else. In our test garden, we're…

Post author:Christy
Post published:July 19, 2018
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Summer

Photo by Andrew Cheeseman

06-21-18 Happy Summer

In this issue: June in the Garden YouTube: Vertical Gardening Product Review Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Homesteading with Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne Gardenerd Product of the Month: Gardenerd BBQ Apron 1. June in the Garden Summer Solstice has arrived! It's time for barbecues, picnics, and summer squash. Are you sick of zucchini yet? We've been eating it since early May and we're running out of things to do with it. So far we've made Chocolate Zucchini Bread (scroll…

Post author:Christy
Post published:June 21, 2018
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Summer

John Lyons in his natural habitat. Christy talks bees with him on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast.

05-10-18 May and Mothers

In this issue: May in the Garden Celebrating 9000 Subscribers on YouTube Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Bees and Gardens with John Lyons Gardenerd Product of the Month: 400+ Tips for Organic Gardening Success (Perfect Mother's Day gift!) 1. May in the Garden May is for mothers. I'm not a mother, but I have 6 chickens, 1 cat, 50,000 bees and two gardens. I feel very motherly toward them all. Whether we have human children or not, we gardeners bond…

Post author:Christy
Post published:May 10, 2018
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Spring

Our home

04-05-18 Celebrate Our Earth

In this issue: April in the Garden Celebrate Earth Month Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Tomato Tips from TomatoMania's Scott Daigre Gardenerd Product of the Month: Women's 3/4-sleeve Gardenerd Shirt 1. April in the Garden April is when spring truly starts to shine. Flowers bloom and bees buzz. Spring seeds sprout in newly amended soil, and the hope of an abundant summer fills every gardenerd's heart. In our test garden, we planted out tomatoes in deep holes with a little…

Post author:Christy
Post published:April 5, 2018
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Spring

Soil Food Web

03-01-18 March On!

In this issue: March in the Garden Spring Garden Planning Workshops Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Soil Food Web - New Podcast Format! Gardenerd Product of the Month: 400+ Tips for Organic Gardening Success 1. March in the Garden March is here. Spring is so close we can taste it, but snow persists in many parts of the country. Heck, it even snowed in Rome (another Mediterranean climate like sunny SoCal) this week. For many of us southern gardeners, however,…

Post author:Christy
Post published:February 28, 2018
Post category:Gardenerd Gazette Gazette Spring

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