Gardening Guides & Tips
How to Compost: Filling & Maintaining a Compost Bin
Welcome to the 3rd article in our composting series! While Sam and I are new to hot composting, we are not new to composting in general. Many of you have asked me about problems with your compost---it doesn't breakdown, it smells bad, or you have had issues with...
How to Propagate Plants From Cuttings
I learned how to propagate plants from my mom. She used to propagate all of her favorite herbs and plants in order to save money, and so I watched and learned to do the same. What I'm sharing with you today is how to propagate plant cuttings in soil, like my mom did....
5 Herbs to Buy at The Nursery Instead of Starting From Seed
When I first started gardening, one of the most frustrating things was not knowing that some plants are really hard to start from seed. I'm not saying these herbs are impossible to start from seed, but they often pose more difficulty or expend more resources than...
How to Protect Your Garden During a Heatwave
Before going into how to protect your garden from a heatwave, how about we talk about the definition of a "heatwave". According to the National Weather Service, a heatwave is "a period of unusually hot weather that typically lasts two or more days." In my opinion,...
DIY Garden Arch: How to Build a Cattle Panel Trellis
Three years ago Sam built me a set of two cattle panel trellises in a very barren corner of our yard. They were part of my design to increase our growing space for fruits and vegetables. To this day, our cattle panel trellis DIY continues to be one most popular garden...
10 Vegetables and Flowers to Grow in Heat
Summer Gardening Inspiration Recently, a friend told me she wanted to start a garden with her kids this Summer. She was looking for vegetables and flowers to grow in heat and she only wanted to grow things from seed that would easily sprout without special attention....
A DIY Seed Starting Soil Mix Recipe
If you want to start a garden from seed, it is very important to choose the correct soil medium for starting and raising those seeds. Using a good seed starting mix will improve your chances of success. Now, you do have some choices, but it's important to not feel...
My Favorite Gardening Hacks
I'm not a very "gadget-savvy" person. I don't like clutter or buying tools. My garden style is very much "use what you have" and don't overthink it. This article covers some of the fun things I've discovered while gardening over the years. By now we have family,...
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