YouTube: Pruning Blackberries in 3 Steps
Our latest YouTube video shows you how to prune unruly blackberries before spring bud in 3 steps.
Cumin grows to 6" tall.
New Year’s Gardening Resolutions
On this, the most reflective day of the year, let's look back at our gardening experience this year and make plans for the next. It's time to make New Year's Gardening Resolutions.
With rain comes mushrooms. Not safe to eat, unless you're an expert in mushroom ID.
Wordless Wednesday: The Garden Giveth
As winter approaches (spell check wouldn't let me write approacheth) in our warm-winter climate, the garden giveth more.
The garden is pushed to the northern point in the yard to make best use of the sunshine.
Design: The Winged Garden
A couple in Santa Monica, CA had trouble growing veggies in their partial-shade, in-ground garden. They wanted to expand and revamp for a better gardening experience.
Black Magic kale sprouts under grow lights.
Wordless Wednesday: Start Your Engines!
The time has come to plant your garden, whether indoors or out. Start seeds, amend soils, and bring dreams into reality this month. Soon you'll taste the rewards of today's…
The harvest needs washing right away. It took about an hour to process this batch. We soak lettuces and other greens, rinse off roots, and trim stems from brassicas and roots. The chickens get some of it, we get the rest.
Wordless Wednesday: Winter Garden Harvest
The beauty of a fall or winter garden is that it grows almost without care. Cooler temperatures and rain lend themselves to a stress-free garden. There are virtually no bugs,…
Lady bugs keep aphids at bay in our Swiss chard patch.
Wordless Wednesday: Ocean View Farms Plot
People ask me about my community garden plot a lot, I guess because I don't post photos from it. Most of the pictures you see here on Gardenerd are from…
Dazzling Blue Kale, the best of both worlds.
YouTube: 360 Degree Tour of Gardenerd HQ
We hope you are enjoying your holiday season. We are too. But in the meantime, here is a cool new video that gives you a 360 degree tour of Gardenerd…
Monarch caterpillars stripping the last of the milkweed.
Wordless Wednesday: Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice is tomorrow, the shortest day of the year. Dark at 4:30 is sad, but it's temporary. From this point forward, the days get longer. Here we celebrate the…
The recipe makes about 2 pints
YouTube: Garden Gifts for the Holidays
It's been awhile since we've done a YouTube video (we've been working on yet another book) but here's one just in time for the holidays. It's filled with ideas for…