YouTube: Tomato Planting Tips
In our latest YouTube video, Christy share 6 tomato planting tips that will get your garden off to a great start this season.
YouTube: Grow Artichokes – Not Aphids
This week, as our artichokes start to send up signs of life, we share our tricks for how to grow artichokes - not aphids. Christy shares her tips for choosing whether to grow in the ground, containers or raised beds. She also gives you tips on how to keep aphids off your artichokes as they begin to produce.
YouTube: Chill Hours – What Are They?
Our latest YouTube video explains chill hours - what are they and why do you need them? Christy shares the basics to make it easier to choose the right fruit trees and berries for your garden. Pick the right tree with the right chill hours, and you'll actually get fruit!
YouTube: Colorful Tomatoes to Grow in 2021
We all have limited space for tomatoes, and given the abundance of options (there are more than 600 varieties of heirloom tomatoes alone!) deciding which to grow can be like choosing a favorite child. In this video we share our selection of colorful tomatoes that we are growing here at Gardenerd. Tomatoes come in all shapes and colors, and flavors that range from tart to super sweet. We choose paste/plum, cherry, beefsteak, and salad sized tomatoes for variety, color, and…
YouTube: Winter 2021 Test Garden Tour
As our winter garden passes its peak, we take you on a winter 2021 garden tour before we harvest too much from it. In this video we share some of our tricks and tips for growing bio-intensively, and highlight some of the new and favorite varieties we grow.
Our trick will fix most citrus tree problems in a matter of weeks.
YouTube: How to Fix Most Citrus Tree Problems
We've been using a trick to help clients fix most citrus tree problems for more than a decade. You'll find it in Christy's new book, Grow Your Own Mini Fruit Garden, but we decided to give you a sneak peak in this week's video.
YouTube: Cover Crops – Why Grow Them?
Our last video of the year focuses on cover crops. What are they and why should we grow them? Christy tells you what you need to know to plant, grow, and harvest (or cut down) these crops before spring.
YouTube: Pruning Citrus Trees – How, When, and Why
We hear from a lot of gardenerds asking, "when is the best time for pruning citrus trees?" Well, we share the answer and so much more in our latest YouTube video on pruning citrus.
YouTube: Cabbage Moth and Cabbage Looper ID and Management
This week's YouTube video is all about the Cabbage Moth and Cabbage Looper--how to identify them and manage them on your cool season brassica crops.
YouTube: Growing Shallots and Garlic – Selection to Harvest
Fall means it's time to talk about growing shallots and garlic. In many places, these alliums are planted in fall before the ground freezes over (if that happens where you live) and they emerge in spring. But in warm-winter climates, we plant now and they grow over winter.