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The home office herb garden: what to grow for WFH lunches and Zoom-day dinners
Working from home means eating from home. For anyone doing 3, 4, or 5 days a week remote or hybrid, weekday lunch has become the daily kitchen problem. Grocery runs
The no-cook summer meal plan: 5 dinners from your Gardyn when it’s too hot to cook
There’s a specific stretch in July and August when the kitchen becomes the enemy. The stove adds 10 degrees to a room that was already too hot. The oven is
The end-of-summer produce recall roundup: what’s been pulled from shelves this season
Summer is peak produce season. It’s also, unfortunately, peak recall season. Higher temperatures accelerate bacterial growth. More produce moves through more distribution channels, which means more places for contamination to
The 5 last-of-summer recipes to make before your tomatoes and cucumbers are gone
There’s a specific 3-week window in late August when everything peaks. The cherry tomatoes are at their sweetest. The basil is bushy and constant. The cucumbers are producing faster than
The evening wind-down herb tea: chamomile, mint, and lavender for late-summer nights
The evening routine is having a moment. Blue-light glasses, magnesium powder, sleep trackers, low-lift stretches, cortisol-friendly rituals. It’s a lot. What most of these routines are missing is the simplest
The freezer-first harvest guide: preserving late-summer herbs and produce
Late summer is when your Gardyn produces more than you can possibly eat fresh. The cherry tomatoes are at peak. The basil is bushy and constant. The chives, dill, and
The last cookout of summer: your Labor Day menu with a fall pivot
Labor Day is unique in the American holiday calendar. It’s the last long weekend of official summer, the last grill-based cookout that feels seasonal, and simultaneously the pivot point into
Earth Overshoot Day 2026 is July 30. Food is the lever you actually control.
On Thursday, July 30, humanity will have used more from nature than the planet can renew across the entire year. Everything consumed between that date and December 31 comes out
The 2026 Cyclospora outbreak & your produce: more visibility, more confidence, more control
This summer, a parasite most people had never heard of has been all over the news, usually under a memorable and unpleasant nickname: the “explosive diarrhea” parasite. Its real name
Growing fresh food in the classroom: Howard County Schools and Gardyn
Every so often a story comes across my desk that captures exactly why we love putting Gardyn systems in schools. This is one of them. In Howard County, Maryland, students