105 GardenNerd’s Tips for Organic Gardening Success

Our guest on this episode is “GardenNerd” Christy Wilhelmi, previously heard on episode 19 of the podcast, who returns this week to discuss her new ebook 400 Plus Tips for Organic Gardening Success. As you might guess we touch on a lot of topics and tips including:

• Monarch VR
• CropSwap
• Time Banking
• Homestead Hamlet
• Repair Cafés
• Sandflex
• Almanac.com
• Epic Seeds
• Baker Creek
• Seed Savers Exchange
• Renee’s Garden Summer Spinach
• National Heirloom Expo
• Aunt Molly’s Ground Cherry
• Keeping tomatoes healthy mid-season
• Powdery mildew
• When to harvest tomatoes
• Extending the growing season for tomatoes
• Mulch
• Shade cloth
• Capillary matting
• Don’t pull your bolting vegetables!
• Ollas
• What to do with zucchini?
• Growing wheat
• Hugelkultur
• When to harvest watermelons
• Messina’s squirrel stopper
• Rats!
• America’s Best Gardener Competition

Christy’s website is GardenNerd. You can also connect with Christy on Facebook and Twitter.

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