This year has been the most challenging gardening year for us here at Gardenerd HQ. Even with dozens of rat traps, our cat Mittens, and night vision cameras, we’re still losing to rats this year. But that makes the harvest we do get all the more delicious.
In this issue: July in the GardenYouTube: Favorite Basil VarietiesGardenerd Tip of the Month: Basil RecipesGardenerd Product of the Month: Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden July in the Garden…
Back in April we spoke with a fellow Great Grow Along speaker, Wendy Kiang-Spray about growing and cooking with Asian vegetables. Wendy is the author of The Chinese Kitchen Garden: Growing Techniques and Family Recipes for a Classic Cuisine. She’s a speaker and inspirational garden blogger, and she just lived through the cicada emergence in Maryland.
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Cooking from the garden is one of the most satisfying treats any day, but this Herbed Summer Squash and Potato Torte pushes that satisfaction to the next level.
This week we’re delighted and honored to have Ira Wallace as a guest on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast. Ira is co-owner of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and is a well-known seed saver and educator.
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I don’t know about you, gardenerds, but the pest population here in Los Angeles has exploded this spring/summer. We’re experiencing rats like never before (emboldened by our absence over 2020, no doubt). White flies are absolutely everywhere, and leaf hoppers are abundant.
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