In this issue:
- August in the Garden – Heading Into Fall
- Video: Tomato Tour 2025 – What Varieties Worked
- Gardenerd Tip of the Month: So many tips in the Farmers’ Almanac 2026 – Giveaway!
- Gardenerd Product of the Month: NEW! High Yield Small Space Organic Gardening
1. August in the Garden – Heading Into Fall
Kids are back to school and hot weather is hitting the garden hard. What was lush and beautiful only a week or so ago is now waning under unrelenting high temperatures. Such is the way of the garden. This seasonal cycle forces us to change, whether we want to or not. But the promise of fall gardening draws near. Just a little longer!
In the Gardenerd Test Garden, we planted more winter squash after removing our sweet corn plants. We’re picking tomatoes, yard-long beans, basil, and cucumbers. The peppers are turning colors, and we’re making everything zucchini with the summer squash harvest. We’re also trapping rats, because…well, rats suck. Our watermelons are setting fruit (better late than never), and we’re turning the compost piles to get them closer to ready for fall and next spring be prep. And we spotted the giant insect below on its way toward a safe spot to lay eggs.
In this newsletter, you’ll find a giveaway for a very cool gardening book, a review of our best tomatoes of the year, and more. Stay cool this summer, gardenerds. Fall will be here soon.
Happy gardening,
Christy
2. Video: Tomato Tour 2025 – Varieties That Worked
See which varieties worked for us this summer. You’ll want to add a bunch of these to your list for next year:
Tomato Tour 2025 – Varieties That Worked
3. Gardenerd Tip of the Month – So Many Tips in the Farmers’ Almanac 2026 – Giveaway
We’re giving away a copy of the new issue of Farmers’ Almanac for 2026. Christy contributed an article to this edition, which is chock-full of helpful growing information for the coming year. Wanna win a copy? Follow the instructions here:
Giveaway – Farmers’ Almanac 2026
4. Gardenerd Product of the Month – NEW! High Yield Small Space Organic Gardening
Christy’s new book is getting 5-star reviews! Here’s what critics are saying about it:
From The Gardenangelists, Carol Michel and Dee Nash:
“If you want a garden at your home and you don’t have a lot of space, [the book] has tons of ideas for how to make a really nice garden…There’s a ton of good information in here; [the author] really knows her stuff.”
From Helen Yoest, Bee Better Naturally:
As a dedicated organic gardener for wildlife and food, I was impressed by how [the author] could succinctly pack in so much information. High Yield, Small Space Organic Gardening will be all you need if you are new to organic gardening.”
Get your copy at your favorite bookseller, or order an autographed copy for the gardenerd in your life (even if that’s you!).
Stay tuned for more tips and tidbits from Gardenerd.com. As we’re heading into fall, let’s make the most of the summer we have left.
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