Gardenerd Tip of the Week
Summary: The Gardenerd Tip of the Week is your one-stop shop for organic gardening tips and tidbits. Seasonal, organic, and fun advice for your urban farm, homestead and garden. We cover Sustainable living, vegetable gardening and more. Celebrate your passion for gardening with a sense of humor.
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This week’s tip comes from Edible Santa Barbara’s Winter 2010 issue where Joan Bolton suggests that the best time to plant blueberries is January through March.
Last year, rain and sub-freezing weather in Mexico caused the death of nearly 75% of the Monarch butterfly population. What can you do to help the endangered Monarch? Plant milkweed!
Starting vegetables from seed may be a little more advanced, but it isn’t all that hard. This tip of the week will explore seed propagation techniques.
This tip of the week isn’t about that deck of divination cards gathering dust on your bookshelf, but it does reveal a future of fewer ants and aphids in your life.
If you are planning to start plants from seed this year, now is a great time to spruce up your seed-starting equipment. This week's Tip of the Week will show you how!
Learn the difference between first year and second year wood, and a pollenizer versus a pollinator with this week's Tip of the Week!
January is a great time to spray your orchard fruit trees with a dormant oil that will help them fight off fungus, infestations and diseases that reduce fruit production in spring!
Stevia is an herb in the sunflower family. It is 300 times sweeter than sugar, and registers as basically a zero on the glycemic index. Learn more about stevia with this week's tip of the week!
Cleaning your tomato cages is one extra step you can take to prevent the reintroduction of blight back into the garden next spring. Learn how with this week's tip of the week!
It’s cold and flu season, and whether you hole yourself up in a far-off cabin or mix and mingle with all sorts of folk, here are a few tips to help you get through!
Did you know that recent studies have shown that gardening actually makes you happier? This week's tip of the week explores the therapeutic benefits of gardening!
Forget the turkey; it's all about the sides. This week's tip of the week showcases some of our favorite ways to prepare fall veggies for Thanksgiving!
Make this fall a time to grow your global gardening knowledge with a few good film flicks.
This week's tip of the week provides helpful tips to help protect your crops from small and large intruders.
Now is the time to purchase bulbs for fall planting. This week's tip will help get you started in the right direction!
