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The New 2011 Spring/Summer Organic Seed Collection

This being the beginning of the holiday season, and the first day of Hanukkah, it felt only fitting to unveil the all-new 2011 Spring/Summer Organic Seed Collection from the Gardenerd Store. Read about the great choices for your spring garden (makes a great gift or stocking stuffer!) and see why we chose them for your garden.

Who needs gold coins when you can have gardener's gold like this instead:

All photos
courtesy of Seeds ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:December 2, 2010
Post category:What's Growin' On
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Growing Swiss Chard – Nature’s Multivitamin

"Eat your greens." How many times did you hear that as a child? If I had a dime for every time I sat in front of a cold plate of broccoli in protest as a kid, I'd be a wealthy woman. Now, that has all changed.

I love Swiss Chard! I admit, the residual resistance to wilted green things put me off trying Swiss chard until someone gifted me with a bouquet of it a few years ago (yes ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:November 3, 2010
Post category:What's Growin' On
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Growing Popcorn

If there's an inherent addition in my family, it's popcorn. Start at the top of the bowl and eat until you hit bottom. That's how it goes. My father went so far as to buy the top of the line popper, special popcorn salt, and yes, even figured out to how keep buttered pop corn fresh until the next morning (hair of the dog).

As part of an effort to grow more compost crops we decided to try ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:August 31, 2010
Post category:What's Growin' On
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Gardenerd Potluck and Seed Exchange Review

This past Saturday, August 7, was our very first Summer Potluck and Seed Exchange.

Post author:Christy
Post published:August 12, 2010
Post category:Blog What's Growin' On
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Gardenerd’s Summer Potluck and Seed Exchange

One of the best ways to celebrate the bountiful harvest of summer is to get together with friends. Just imagine platters of veggies grilled to perfection, mounds of fresh tomatoes ready for eating, and slices of watermelon - the quintessential summer fruit - all lined up on a table amongst friends.

Now picture another table blanketed with seed packets, with small envelopes nearby. You see a vegetable variety that you've been dying to try in your garden. ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:July 21, 2010
Post category:What's Growin' On
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U-Pick Lavender

Our adventure in Ojai continue with the opening day of "u-pick" season at a local lavender farm. New Oak Ranch hung balloons out on the road sign, inviting folks to come and pick a handful of fresh lavender for $5 a bunch. The farm features 20 different varieties of lavender (mostly Grosso, Hidcote, Buena Vista, and Provence) but they also have Pixie tangerines, olives and walnuts.

The bees were hovering throughout ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:June 23, 2010
Post category:What's Growin' On
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Growing Brown Mustard Seeds

Last fall 2009, I planted brown mustard seed as an experiment in the test garden. I wanted to see how much seed I would get for my favorite Indian food dishes from growing seed in 7 square feet. After the birds got their share of sprouts, I ended up with 7 or 8 plants that grew to fruition. I've waited until the harvest this spring to share the process with you.

The mustard ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:May 26, 2010
Post category:What's Growin' On
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Hot Pepper Tutorial

A fun question came in this week to Ask Gardenerd:

"I am growing a pretty decent size garden in Santa Monica, and I very much appreciate your tips and help! (i.e. Mulch Pit in Culver City). We are culinary people who have found a true love in gardening. We had great success last year in most of our endeavors (38 tomato plants thanks to your fabulous cradle structures) but one category we fell short in was our peppers. We tried to grow several types ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:February 24, 2010
Post category:Sage Advice
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Redwood Seed Flat Fun

As a birthday present to myself, I purchased some redwood seed flats from Bountiful Gardens, the home of Ecology Action in Willits, CA. These redwood seed flats allow gardeners to start seeds very close together without the occasionally tedious limitation of trays with cells. These open "half flats" (which I purchased instead of the full size flats that are twice as large and twice as heavy) can hold up to 87 seedlings in the same amount of space ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:February 17, 2010
Post category:What's Growin' On
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Meet the 2010 Spring/Summer Organic Seed Collection

It's coming upon that time of year when all the 2010 seed catalogs begin to show up in the mail. It is my opinion that seed catalogs are best reviewed in the comfort of one's own bed, with plenty of pillows around to prop them all open to one's favorite pages.

It can be overwhelming. So many different seeds to choose from, so many questions about what might grow well in your hardiness zone. Well, over the years, we've ...

Post author:Christy
Post published:December 10, 2009
Post category:What's Growin' On
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