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Golden Guardian marigolds reduce root-knot nematodes

Ask Gardenerd: Root Knot Nematodes

A great question came into Ask Gardenerd this week: "Do you have any tips on getting rid of root rot nematodes? Thanks! - Max" There are natural ways to rid or drastically reduce your soil of pesky nematodes, Max. But first a clarifying question: when you say "root rot nematodes" did you mean "root knot nematodes?" Root rot is usually caused by something else, like a fungus or by critters like beetle grubs eating the roots. Root knot, on the…

Post author:Christy
Post published:October 15, 2014
Post category:Blog Sage Advice
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Get down and dirty with the Root Simple Podcast

Gardenerd on Root Simple Podcast

Meet Erik Knutzen and Kelly Coyne, the Root Simple Team. They have spent years designing a homesteading lifestyle for themselves that is enviable among gardenerds. In the heart of Los Angeles, they keep chickens, grow food, preserve the harvest, make bread, and construct things from other things, all in hopes of living more lightly upon the planet. Their books, The Urban Homestead and Making it! are wonderful additions to any garden or self-sufficiency library, and they're really nice folks to boot!…

Post author:Christy
Post published:October 7, 2014
Post category:Blog What's Growin' On
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Back to My Garden's Dave Ledoux interviews Christy about writing, gardening and failure.

Gardenerd on Back to My Garden Podcast

A fellow gardenerd up in Canada has a new podcast (okay, not so new. He's got 20 episodes already) called Back to My Garden. Dave Ledoux grows in northern climates, where snow and short growing seasons are a reality. He wanted to interview me about Gardening for Geeks and growing food in Southern California for a change of pace. Listen and subscribe to Dave's podcast, Back to My Garden on iTunes or Stitcher. His podcast is different from most gardening…

Post author:Christy
Post published:September 17, 2014
Post category:Blog What's Growin' On
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Harvesting and Storing Leeks

We've posted a new YouTube video about harvesting and storing leeks for winter. You'll find a neat trick for keeping leeks on hand all winter long. Learn the best way to choose which leeks to pick and how to keep a continuous supply growing. Tune into YouTube each week for a new garden tip, and be sure to subscribe if you haven't already. To learn more about growing leeks and what to do with them, check out these other blog…

Post author:Christy
Post published:October 22, 2013
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Gardenerds Evan Kleiman and Christy Wilhelmi

Gardenerd on Good Food

And now for a moment of shameless self-promotion... For those who missed it, I was a guest on 89.9 KCRW's Good Food with Evan Kleiman on June 1, 2013. It was a dream come true to sit across from Evan and chat about gardening and soil testing. There was more to the interview than what aired, of course, including a moment where I revealed that I'd never baked a fruit pie because my mother is so good at it, there's…

Post author:Christy
Post published:June 4, 2013
Post category:Blog What's Growin' On
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Carrot harvest includes (left to right) Pusa Asita, Cosmic Purple, Yellowstone and Red Core Chantenay.

Gardenerd TOW Podcast: Heirlooms for Fall

Let's talk about heirloom varieties for your fall garden. Here are our favorites we'd like to share.

Post author:Christy
Post published:September 13, 2012
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After Vacation Harvesting 2011…and meal ideas

It's magical to come home after a vacation to find that the garden has not taken any time off. We get used to looking at our gardens everyday, so we don't notice the changes as much as when we take a break and return to find a bumper crop waiting to be harvested.

That's exactly what happened last month when we took a trip to Europe. We came home to beets, kale, lettuces, Swiss chard and more. In ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:December 15, 2011
Post category:What's Growin' On
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True Red Velvet (beet) Brownies

After last week's Tip of the Week on beets, it got me thinking about red velvet cake. Where did it come from? How was it made before the introduction of Red #40? A quick search revealed that prior to the availability of more alkaline "Dutch processed cocoa", bakers could count on the reaction between cocoa and acidic ingredients like vinegar or buttermilk to create a red tinge to the ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:December 7, 2011
Post category:What's Growin' On
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Harvesting Watermelons

Just in the nick of time, our watermelons are ready to harvest before summer ends. How do you know they're ready? Consider this post to be a companion piece to our watermelon Tip of the Week Podcast, visual aid style, that illustrates the tell-tale sign that watermelon is ready for harvest.

There are old wives tales about the sound that watermelons are supposed to make when ripe. You can also look at the underside of the melon to check whether ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:September 21, 2011
Post category:What's Growin' On
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Golden Guardian marigolds reduce root-knot nematodes

Harvesting Seeds: Nematicidal Marigolds

As you pull out your tomato plants this fall, check the roots for galls. These are lumpy swellings that indicate that you might have nematodes living in your soil that are stunting the tomato plant's growth. (You can learn more about it from our Got Nematodes podcast)

We had that problem last year so we planted Golden Guardian Marigolds, the roots of which contain a toxin that kills harmful nematodes. Now it's time to harvest the seeds and turn the crop under so it can do its job.
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Post author:Christy
Post published:September 14, 2011
Post category:What's Growin' On
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