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12-08-05 Late Fall

12-08-05 Late Fall In This Issue: With Nature comes Gratitude New item - black T-shirts! Late Fall Garden Tips 1. With Nature comes Gratitude With all the natural disasters going…

02-11-10 Love and Growth

02-11-10 Love and Growth In this issue: February in the Garden Spring Planting Guide Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Seed Starting indoors Gardenerd Product of the Month: Gardenerd Hand Care…

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New Edible Landscape for a Cottage

Back in November, I got a call from a woman who wanted to turn her front and back yard into an edible landscape. She had seen me on Food For
Thought with Claire Thomas, and felt instinctively that Gardenerd was the right hire for the job.

We worked together to come up with ideas: moving existing baby fruit trees to permanent homes in the front yard, adding a vegetable garden and more fruit trees in the backyard. She …

The Trick to Bigger Garlic

A question came in to Ask Gardenerd this week:

“Hi, I’ve just harvested my garlic and it’s ok but a little small. Any tips to get it fatter. John, ps Love your site”

Thanks for writing in John, and I’m glad you like the website. Since your email address seems to be in Australia, it makes sense that you would be harvesting garlic right now.

I have my own answers to growing big garlic, …

Pruning Asparagus

A question came in to Ask Gardenerd this week:

“Could you please help me understand how to
trim my 4’ tall asparagus patch that was planted in the fall? Does it need to turn completely brown? How low do I trim it?“

Great question, and the answer can be confusing, because there are two schools of thought on the matter. Many gardeners, including those at Peaceful …

Thanksgiving Weekend To-Do List

Begin your holiday season with a ritual of planting something now for the spring that is to come. Bulbs will bring you color and cheer before most plants recover from…

Petaluma Seed Bank Field Trip

Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company holds a place in the heart of many an organic vegetable gardener. Their gorgeous seed catalogs are the industry standard of “garden-porn”, with beautiful pictures of
hundreds of varieties many eyes have never seen before.

While away on a writing retreat, I stopped by their West Coast store, the Seed Bank. It is aptly named because it is located inside an old bank. A corner building in the center of town proudly
displays Heirloom Seeds in the two-story bank windows. You can’t miss it.
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