Fall Gardening in Progress

While cooler climates are closing down the garden for winter, we're just getting started here in So-Cal. Fall gardening is commonly known as the "best" growing season here because we…

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10-17-13 A Transformative Fall

In this issue: October in the Garden Halloween Candy and GMOs Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Harvesting and Storing Peppers Gardenerd Product of the Month: Gardenerd Flower Pot Mug  …

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The World’s Smallest Watermelon

It's harvest time, and while most of the harvest is abundant (corn, peppers, beans, eggplant), there were some smaller harvests--including the world's smallest watermelon. Let's not call it "disappointing" but…

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09-17-13 Here Comes Fall

In this issue: September in the Garden Milkweed for Monarchs Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Planting Prennials Gardenerd Product of the Month: Gardenerd Grocery Tote   1. September in the…

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Home Sprouting: Fenugreek for Health

Despite being called a "granola head" throughout college, I've never grown sprouts, mostly because I resented the fact that they found their way into places they didn't belong...like veggie tacos.…

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Field Trip: Apricot Lane Farms

I had the pleasure of not only visiting Apricot Lane Farms in Moorpark, CA last week, I spent 2 hours working in their amazing vegetable garden. It was the kind…

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