January 2020 DIRT NERD SPOOKY GOOD HERBS The flu season is upon us, nobody in this city treats their liver right, astrology is the new organized religion, and we are existing in a pre-apocalypse,... Ian Willson
December 2019 DIRT NERD LETTING THINGS IN Knock knock. You’re getting a double feature this month: one part plant, one part creature with which to sate multiple itches in your gardening brain. They are... Ian Willson
November 2019 DIRT NERD UPROOTED Don’t let go. You’ve got the music in you. One dance left. This world is gonna pull through. Don’t give up. You’ve got a reason to live. Can’t forget. We only... Ian Willson
October 2019 DIRT NERD HOUSE TRAINING House plants are practical plants. I have likely disputed this case in the past, and may also do so in the future, but informed opinions must be pliable, like... Ian Willson
September 2019 HOMEGROWN: Q&A with Marguerite Green The election for Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry tends to fall off the radar of even the most politically informed. However, as the devastating effects of... Ian Willson
July 2019 DIRT NERD MAKING BABIES Shout out to me. You may or may not know that I am not only an eloquent distiller of food growing and food growing adjacent information, but that I also run a... Ian Willson
April 2019 DIRT NERD CHICKEN NERD I haven’t had chickens in years, but I had them for years before that, starting with the late, great Szechuan and General Tsao, stray chickens we captured snoozing... Ian Willson
March 2019 DIRT NERD A DIRT NERD IS BORN (PART TWO) Last month I expounded on my fledgeling experiences in food production, from my first vegetable garden (a watermelon patch in Richmond, Virginia) to... Ian Willson
February 2019 DIRT NERD A DIRT NERD IS BORN (PART ONE) I wasn’t born with a wavering confidence and passing knowledge around plants and the like. My path was long, as long as I’ve been able to stand... Ian Willson
January 2019 DIRT NERD (ALMOST) NEVER TOO LATE Louisiana is not Los Angeles. It is not New York. It is not Wisconsin or Chicago or Minnesota or Vermont. It’s not Oregon or Virginia either. It’s not... Ian Willson
December 2018 DIRT NERD PRODUCE PLACEMENT Always I am coming to terms with the fact that most people think they can’t grow food because of their living situation. If you, beloved reader, are one of... Ian Willson
October 2018 DIRT NERD FERTILIZER: A JAGGED LITTLE PILL I used to not believe in fertilizer. I don’t know where my head was or how I thought plants worked. I had already been working with them for a... Ian Willson
