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.
It's stinging nettle season. Check out recipes for this underappreciated wild green.
Wordless Wednesday: Winter’s Crazy Garden
Get inspired to grow this season with this motivational Wordless Wednesday.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, gardenerds! The 2025 gardening season starts with seed catalogs and big dreams in winter 2024/25. At the end of January we'll start tomato seeds indoors for late-March planting (in warm-winter areas). Until then, it's time to dream big and plan your strategy for spring. Seed catalogs are ready to peruse and help plan your dream garden. These are some of our favorites. Find more on our Links Page Next week we'll share some of our new seed…
12-19-24 Home for the Holidays
In this issue: December in the Garden - Home for the Holidays Video: Simple and Safe Pest Control Hack Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Holiday Gift Ideas from the Garden Gardenerd Product of the Month: Get Last Minute Gifts at CafePress! 1. December in the Garden - Home for the Holidays I love being home for the holidays. It keeps me close to my garden, able to harvest fresh salad greens at any time. We get to enjoy the fruits…
The harvest basket is filled with lettuces, kale, radishes, herbs like dill, cilantro and arugula.
02-28-24 Learning Opportunities
In this issue: February in the Garden - Learning Opportunities Video: Blanching in the Garden Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Free Webinars - 1 left! Gardenerd Product of the Month: Plan Your Abundant Edible Garden Course 1. February in the Garden - Learning Opportunitites Spring is in the air, or will be soon in most places. Most gardenerds are counting the days until last frost. Those of us who grow through the winter are enjoying the harvest right now. Then…
Mushrooms (not edible) are popping up in our wet soil at Gardenerd HQ.
Wordless Wednesday: Water, Water, Everywhere
You may have heard the news about California's recent rain storms - it's water, water, everywhere! Here's some inspiration for your week, whether it is a wet one or not.
Jon Jackson sought comfort in farming to heal. Photos courtesy of Comfort Farms' website.
Podcast: Gardening as Therapy with Jon Jackson
Jon Jackson is an Army vet who found comfort in gardening. On the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast, he shares how this passion turned into a program to help other vets heal after service.
Rosalind Broccoli is showing off in the winter garden.
01-25-24 A Fresh New Garden Year
In this issue: January in the Garden - A Fresh New Garden Year Podcast: Gardening as Therapy with Jon Jackson Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Check Your Seed Inventory Gardenerd Product of the Month: Christy's Books on Sale! 1. January in the Garden - A Fresh New Garden Year Happy New Year, gardenerds! Each day the sun sets a little later, and the tease of spring lingers over the garden. Will this be the year to plant that special crop…
The Meyer lemons are almost completely yellow now. We use these in kale salads and just about everything else.
Wordless Wednesday: January Garden Goodies
I know parts of the country are bracing for the Arctic Blast, but here in SoCal, we're harvesting veggies. I'm not bragging, really. Part of me wishes our soil had the break of winter, but it's not our time. We keep going.
Turn under your cover crop for a great garden this spring.
YouTube: How to Turn Under Cover Crops and Why It’s Worth Doing
Our first video of 2024 shows you how we turn under cover crops here at Gardenerd HQ. Christy shows you how we do it by hand, and get a workout in the process.