Bees and flowers go together like...well...a perfect partnership.
Wordless Wednesday: After the Rain
Here's some inspiration for your spring garden after the rain. It's past last frost for more than half the country now. Let's get planting!
Wisteria is blooming late (for us) this season. The fragrance is intoxicating.
Wordless Wednesday: Blooming Like Crazy
Spring is blooming like crazy right now, with flowers, fruits, and vegetables filling the harvest basket from the winter garden.
Our green onions are starting to bolt. Some were stressed out and that causes it to happen early. We'll cut them down to allow regrowth.
Wordless Wednesday: Spring Is Near
Spring is near as we approach Daylight Saving Time, longer days, and sprouts poking out of the ground everywhere. Here's some inspiration to keep you going until spring arrives where you live.
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.
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.
Yellowstone carrots sprout in their winter home.
Wordless Wednesday: Blessings of a Fall Garden
As the fall garden moves toward winter, it switches over to autopilot. Here's some inspiration as the days get shorter.
Apparently we are known as the place to drop off leftover pumpkins after Halloween. The chickens will love these once we crack them open.
Wordless Wednesday: Just Getting Started
While many folks are shutting down their gardens for winter, we're just getting started here at Gardenerd HQ. Here's some inspiration for your fall garden.
A bee is cleaning up recently harvested frames for us.
Wordless Wednesday: Transition to Fall
Today is cooler, the Santa Ana winds are blowing and it feels like fall. People say we don't have seasons, but we do. Here's some inspiration to get your growing this fall.
Winter squashes are coming in from the garden.
Wordless Wednesday – October is Here
We're celebrating the arrival of fall with National Kale Day this week, and inspiration to get you out in the garden.
Did you know you can eat radish seed pods? They are spicy and provide a zing to salads just like their roots.
Wordless Wednesday: End of Summer
It's the end of summer. And while I'm speaking at The Heirloom Expo today in Ventura County (still time to drive out so you don't miss this fantastic festival for all things gardening), I wanted to share what's growin' on at Gardenerd HQ.