# Gardenerd: The ultimate resource for garden nerds

> Whether you're a novice or a garden nerd veteran, there's a place for you here\. We offer organic garden design, classes, consulting and our site is chock full of free tips, information and advice\.

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## Pages
- [About Us](https://gardenerd.com/about-us/)
- [Services \- Garden Maintenance](https://gardenerd.com/services/garden-maintenance/)
- [02\-26\-26 Gotta Love the Garden](https://gardenerd.com/gazette/02-26-26-gotta-love-the-garden/)
- [01\-29\-26 Crazy New Year](https://gardenerd.com/gazette/01-29-26-crazy-new-year/)
- [12\-24\-25 Happy Holidays](https://gardenerd.com/gazette/12-24-25-happy-holidays/)

## Posts
- [YouTube: Why is My Kohlrabi Skinny?](https://gardenerd.com/blog/youtube-why-is-my-kohlrabi-skinny/): Kohlrabi is one of the best brassicas, IMHO, and it is generally easy to grow\. But when it grows tall and skinny instead of bulbing up, that's a problem\. 
- [Wordless Wednesday: March Madness](https://gardenerd.com/blog/wordless-wednesday-march-madness-2/): While it's true that March Madness is usually associated with sports, we gardenerds know that it really means it's time to get growing in the garden\.
- [YouTube: How to Sprout Seed Potatoes](https://gardenerd.com/blog/youtube-how-to-sprout-seed-potatoes/): Our latest YouTube video shows you exactly how to sprout seed potatoes before planting them this season\. We also explore what conditions are best for sprouting spuds\. 
- [Review: Hungry Worms Red Wigglers](https://gardenerd.com/blog/review-hungry-worms-red-wigglers/): Back in late 2025, HungryWorms offered me a pound of red wigglers to test out in our worm factory\. 3 months later we report our test results\. 
- [YouTube: How to Deal with Downy Mildew](https://gardenerd.com/blog/youtube-how-to-deal-with-downy-mildew/): We've talked about downy mildew and it's relationship to basil before, but this week's video dives into downy mildew on other crops\.

## Products
- [Bolting to Seed \- A Garden Variety Novel](https://gardenerd.com/product/bolting-to-seed-a-garden-variety-novel/): \<p\>\<strong\>Order Today\!\</strong\>\</p\>
\<p\>\<strong\>Available June 1, 2026\</strong\>\</p\>
\<p\>\<strong\>Lizzie Raju has "Six Reasons Not to Have Kids\." Finding a corpse in her happy place wasn’t on the list\.\</strong\> It's been six months since Lizzie married the hunky guy she met at Vista Mar Community Garden and, unfortunately for him, she has strong views on procreation\. But when a dead body turns up in the tool shed, she has to solve the mystery \<em\>and\</em\> save her marriage, or her urban oasis will wither to dust\.\</p\>
\<p\>In \<strong\>BOLTING TO SEED\</strong\>, Lizzie and the eclectic cast of characters return for another growing season, but in\-fighting and the threat of death prevent them from finding peace in gardening\. What’s a gardener to do when plants aren’t the only thing dying behind the locked gates at Vista Mar? Lovers of \<strong\>\<em\>Garden Variety\</em\>\</strong\> will enjoy this return to the scene of the crime, so to speak, to find out what Lizzie, Mary, Ned and the rest of the gardeners at Vista Mar Gardens are up to\. Fans of \<strong\>cozy mystery\</strong\> will have fun solving the mystery while learning more about gardening at the same time\.\</p\>
- [Ultimate Garden Bag](https://gardenerd.com/product/ultimate-garden-bag/): This sturdy garden bag is made with 100% hemp canvas in a rich chocolate brown color, with Gardenerd Green cotton trim and handles\. Locally made in a sweatshop\-free environment with low\-impact dyes\. Comes with a masonite insert – an eco\-friendly material – to keep your bag upright\. \<em\>\(tools and seeds not included\)\</em\>

\<strong\>What makes this bag so great?\</strong\>
\<ul\>
 	\<li\>14 pockets to hold all your tools \(and no bungee cords to get tangled in\)\</li\>
 	\<li\>16″L x 6 1/2″W x 9 1/2″ H – ample room for all your gear\</li\>
 	\<li\>Stays open for easy access to contents\</li\>
 	\<li\>Quality natural fabrics – 100% hemp and cotton\</li\>
 	\<li\>Low\-impact dyes\</li\>
 	\<li\>Made in the USA – sweatshop\-free\</li\>
 	\<li\>It’s seriously stylish\!\</li\>
\</ul\>
- [High Yield, Small Space Organic Gardening](https://gardenerd.com/product/high-yield-small-space-organic-gardening/): \<p\>Gardening for Geeks has been updated with new information, sample plant layouts, Best Crops lists, and a new title: \<em\>High Yield, Small Space Organic Gardening\</em\>\. This new version for 2025 includes:\</p\>
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\<li\>High\-yield gardening in small spaces, using a scientific and time\-saving approach\</li\>
\<li\>10 best crops lists for kids, seniors, and balconies or patios\</li\>
\<li\>Container gardening tips, sample garden layouts, and guidance for building a garden ecosystem, pest control, and more\</li\>
\<li\>Organic gardening best practices, reference and resource charts, and details for food preparation, storage, preserving, and dehydrating your harvest\</li\>
\</ul\>
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\<p\>If you've longed to have a productive vegetable garden but felt you didn't have enough space, then High Yield, Small Space Organic Gardening is for you\.\</p\>
- [Recycled Cotton Canvas Tote](https://gardenerd.com/product/recycled-cotton-canvas-tote/): Display your Gardenerd tendencies proudly with this recycled cotton canvas grocery tote\.

Long handles make it easy to carry your heavy load over your shoulder, for hands\-free convenience\.

Recycled canvas makes it a closed\-loop product, and saves you from using paper or plastic at the store\. Keep it in your car, bike or purse, and save the world one bag at a time\.

\<strong\>What makes this tote so great?\</strong\>
\<ul\>
 	\<li\>10 oz\. recycled cotton canvas – strong, sturdy and green\</li\>
 	\<li\>10″W x 15 1/2″H with a generous 7 1/2″ gusset\</li\>
 	\<li\>22″ long handles\</li\>
 	\<li\>Machine Washable\</li\>
\</ul\>
- [Veggie Garden Design \& Planning – Cool Season Crops](https://gardenerd.com/product/6813f0c7a9087/)

## Events
- [High Yields from Small Spaces Webinar \- Oct\. 2 2024](https://gardenerd.com/events/high-yields-from-small-spaces-webinar-oct-2-2024/)
- [High\-Yields From Small Spaces Webinar \- Sept 25 2024](https://gardenerd.com/events/high-yields-from-small-spaces-webinar-sept-25-2024/)
- [High\-Yields From Small Spaces Webinar \- Sept 24 2024](https://gardenerd.com/events/high-yields-from-small-spaces-webinar-sept-24-2024/)
- [High Yields from Small Spaces Webinar \- Mar\. 6 2024](https://gardenerd.com/events/high-yields-from-small-spaces-webinar-mar-6-2024/)
- [High\-Yields From Small Spaces Webinar \- Feb 28 2024](https://gardenerd.com/events/high-yields-from-small-spaces-webinar-feb-28-2024/)

## Categories
- [Blog](https://gardenerd.com/category/blog/)
- [What's Growin' On](https://gardenerd.com/category/blog/whats-growin-on-blog/)
- [Sage Advice](https://gardenerd.com/category/blog/sage-advice-blog/)
- [Gardenerd Gazette](https://gardenerd.com/category/gardenerd-gazette/)
- [Gazette Spring](https://gardenerd.com/category/gardenerd-gazette/gazette-spring/)

## Tags
- [YouTube](https://gardenerd.com/tag/youtube/)
- [podcast](https://gardenerd.com/tag/podcast/)
- [Wordless Wednesday](https://gardenerd.com/tag/wordless-wednesday/)
- [Gardenerd](https://gardenerd.com/tag/gardenerd/)
- [Tips](https://gardenerd.com/tag/tips/)

## Product categories
- [General](https://gardenerd.com/product-category/general/)
- [Books](https://gardenerd.com/product-category/books/)
- [Classes](https://gardenerd.com/product-category/classes/)

## Events Category
- [Webinar](https://gardenerd.com/mep_cat/webinar/)

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