Read more about the article Podcast: Gardening as Therapy with Jon Jackson
Jon Jackson sought comfort in farming to heal. Photos courtesy of Comfort Farms' website.

Podcast: Gardening as Therapy with Jon Jackson

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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
Rosalind Broccoli is showing off in the winter garden.

01-25-24 A Fresh New Garden Year

Continue Reading01-25-24 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…

Read more about the article Wordless Wednesday: January Garden Goodies
The Meyer lemons are almost completely yellow now. We use these in kale salads and just about everything else.

Wordless Wednesday: January Garden Goodies

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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.

Read more about the article Podcast: Permaculture Chat with Larry Santoyo
Larry Santoyo teaching permaculture

Podcast: Permaculture Chat with Larry Santoyo

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We start off the New Year with Larry Santoyo as my guest on the Gardenerd Tip of the Week Podcast. Larry has been a teacher and practitioner of permaculture design for the last 30 years, and was mentored by Bill Mollison, the founding father of Permaculture.

Broccoli harvest
Rosalind (front) and Thompson broccoli harvested recently.

02-23-23 Garden Love

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In this issue: February in the Garden Podcast: Market Farming with Jill Ragan Gardenerd Tip of the Month: Spring Planting Guide Gardenerd Product of the Month: Garden Variety 1. February in the Garden - Garden Love For our first newsletter of the year (we took January off to work on the next installment of Garden Variety) we're sharing tips for spring. Because spring is already here in warm-winter climates, and it isn't far behind everywhere else. Now is the time…

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