High Yield, Small Space Organic Gardening

Gardening for Geeks has been updated with new information, sample plant layouts, Best Crops lists, and a new title: High Yield, Small Space Organic Gardening. This new version for 2025 includes:

  • High-yield gardening in small spaces, using a scientific and time-saving approach
  • 10 best crops lists for kids, seniors, and balconies or patios
  • Container gardening tips, sample garden layouts, and guidance for building a garden ecosystem, pest control, and more
  • Organic gardening best practices, reference and resource charts, and details for food preparation, storage, preserving, and dehydrating your harvest

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.

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Keeping Pets Safe from Traps in the Garden

How do we keep pets safe from traps in the garden? If you’ve read this blog or watched our videos you’ve met Mittens, our beloved mouser / squirrel chaser / chicken protector. She eats rats whole…she is a nose-to-tail carnivore.

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08-22-24 Dog Days

In this issue: August in the Garden - Dog Days Video: Trellis Tricks - Get more from your small space Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Best-Of - Pest Control Tips…

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YouTube: Heirloom Expo Tour 2023

In our latest video, we take you on a tour of the September 2023 Heirloom Expo. Giant piles of squash, tables of gorgeous varieties, tons of seeds for sale. What’s not to love?!

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Podcast: Growing Places with Kendall Rae Johnson

We have our youngest guest ever on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast this week. 7 year-old Kendall Rae Johnson is the youngest Certified Farmer in Georgia. She and her mom and dad, Ursula and Quinton, own and run aGrowKulture Urban Farm.

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Podcast: Backyard Adventure with Amanda Thomsen

Amanda Thomsen was one of the early bloggers on the gardening scene, and her attitude is best explained by the title of her blog and first book: Kiss My Aster. Amanda is our guest this week on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast, where she shares her philosophy along with some great tips for garden design, planting success, and more. 

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