YouTube: Cover Crops – Why Grow Them?

Our last video of the year focuses on cover crops. What are they and why should we grow them? Christy tells you what you need to know to plant, grow, and harvest (or cut down) these crops before spring.

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Ask Gardenerd: Where Do I Get Worms?

We get questions like this one from Esther Lumer a lot: “Where do I buy worms to revive my compost bins?” The answer varies depending on what kind of compost bin you have, and depending on your goals. Let’s explore.

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Recipe: Low FODMAP No-Bake Granola Bars

Happy New Year, gardenerds! In my last blog post, I shared my dark-humored thoughts about trash, and confessed that my biggest contribution to landfills is granola bar wrappers. I snack between clients to keep my blood sugar up, and I realized I needed to find a zero waste solution. Enter these Low FODMAP No-Bake Granola Bars.

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Design: A Two-Yard Partnership Garden

when a client’s sister-in-law bought the house next door, they knocked down the fence between them to expand the garden. Now it stretches across both front yards. It’s a two-yard garden.

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New Year’s Resolutions 2019

New Year's resolutions are tough. I'm torn between motivation to make changes, and residual exhaustion from last year telling me to take it easy. Usually that exhaustion wains as spring…

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