YouTube: 6 Seeds to Try in 2025
Every year we select seeds to try in the new year. For 2025 we've picked 6 open pollinated varieties to satisfy your craving for something new.
Farewell Bountiful Gardens
Today we mourn the loss of one of the best resources in organic biointensive gardening. Bountiful Gardens, the retail wing of Ecology Action's Grow Biointensive, has closed its doors much to my dismay. I'm actually heartbroken over this, there's no other word for it. I feel as though a good friend has died. I went to Bountiful Gardens's website to find out when my catalog would arrive (looking for clues on shipping dates) and found this instead: When you scroll…
Tesuque is the traditional pepper used for making chili powder in New Mexico.
Spring Seed Favorites for 2017
Oh, the gardenerd's dilemma. So many seeds, so little space. We're not here to help, we're here to commiserate. In fact, we're here to feed the monster. Here are our seed favorites for 2017: Seed Favorites for 2017 Blue Jade Corn Blue Jade Corn seeds can be grown in containers! Small-space gardeners need corn, and Blue Jade is one of the few sweet corn varieties that can be grown in containers. Be sure to plant enough for pollination (3x3 block)…
Soil builder cover crop
New Year’s Garden Resolutions 2015
Happy New Year, fellow Gardenerds! 2015 is here, the days are growing longer each day, and seed catalogs have arrived. We've been poring over them during breakfast, marking off new heirloom discoveries to try this year. This exploration leads to New Year's garden resolutions every time. Here's what we're thinking: 1) Give Tomatoes a Little More Room We've always planted our tomatoes very close together, and for many years it worked great. But lately, with what seems like an undefeatable…
YouTube: Best Seed Catalogs for 2014
Warning: this video can lead to excessive spending and an overabundance of seeds in your collection. It's true, after making this video, I visited the websites for most of these seed catalogs and had a glorious time spending money on the best seeds for 2014. It's a weakness, but one with great rewards. After planning out this year's spring garden, you'll have a map to inform you of how much room you have (and therefore how many new crops/seeds you…