Dazzling Blue Kale, the best of both worlds.
Recipes for Fall Crops
As we start harvesting kale, bok choy, lettuces, Swiss chard, and radishes from the fall garden, it's time to find recipes for these gems. Got a lot of mustard greens?…
Our test garden kicks into gear.
Gardenerd HQ Fall Test Garden Tour – Dec. 16, 2017
We hope you can join us for our first Gardenerd HQ Fall Test Garden Tour. We're grateful for mild winters because fall is the best growing season for our favorite…
They're perfect and beautiful, just slow to mature.
Fall is about Patience
File this post under philosophical ruminations. As the holidays careen toward us, we might feel a twinge of anxiety to hurry up and plant the garden, or to harvest, or…
This potatoes has at least 1 eye that is long enough to plant.
Sprouting Seed Potatoes
White potatoes get a bum wrap, but they are the most delicious tuber to grow in your own backyard. Not only that, they are easy and fun to grow, especially…
Discoloration and thinning of the stem right above soil level is a sign of damping off.
Damping Off – What to do?
The most exciting thing in the garden this time of year is the ritual of starting seeds for fall, but nothing bursts your bubble like damping off. What is damping…
8 different kale varieties are protected by floating row cover. No cabbage moths/worms here!
Wordless Wednesday: October Gardening
Fall gardening is in full swing. Here are a few prompts for October tasks and enjoyments. There's still much to do to get the fall garden ready, but we're enjoying…
Swiss chard is ready for harvest. Cilantro bolts to seed, attracting aphid-destroying parasitic wasps.
Fall Garden in Progress – Part 2
Last week we shared what's growin' on in our Test Garden. Now let's look at what the fall garden looks like over at our community garden plot. In just a…
Soil builder cover crop
Fall Garden In Progress
Some gardens are shut down for the winter, while others are heading in that direction. In warm-winter climates, however, it's just the beginning of another great growing season. Fall gardens…