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The 10 Best Flowers for a Potager Garden
As many of you know, I am very much inspired by potager gardens. A potager garden is basically the French term for a kitchen garden but it greatly emphasizes mixing flowers, herbs, and vegetables all together. This idea truly encompasses my garden philosophy, and the...
Dealing With Roly Polies or Pill Bugs in the Garden
Anyone else use to play with these little bugs when they were kids? I remember racing them (snails too) and being fascinated by how they could roll into balls like armadillos. Around here we call them roly polies, but they are also known as pill bugs and a plethora of...
How to Build a Wood Raised Bed ~ My checklist & Favorite Tips
Are you thinking of building raised garden beds? Before you start building, there are some things to consider so you can properly plan out your garden and raised bed layout. Some raised bed inspiration... Raised garden beds offer lots of benefits, not only to the...
How to Harden Off Seedlings for Transplanting
In my Basics of Growing from Seed article, I mention that you MUST harden off your seedlings before planting outside. Since then, I've received a lot of questions about what this means exactly or how I do it. Therefore, I thought I would write down my process for...
A Vertical Gardening Ideas Guide
Why grow vertically? As many of us have started to realize the value of growing our own food, a large struggle we face is finding space to grow. In my own backyard, my raised bed space started with 119 sq. feet for growing food. Experimenting and learning to grow...
Seedling Care Tips- 5 Ways to promote stronger, healthier seedlings
You've sowed and nurtured your seed babies to the stage where they have developed their first set of true leaves! As gardeners, we know that the work is still not done. We need to get these seedlings strong enough to plant out in the garden. Below I've summarized my...
The Basics of Growing from Seed
The experience of growing a sweet, luscious summer tomato from seed is one I want everyone to have. I've developed this basic growing guide to help you get started growing from seed, but don't forget to subscribe to my newsletter for even more tips and tricks...
Tips for Growing Magnificent Dahlias
In 2017 my garden goal was to grow more flowers! Dahlias have always been one of my favorite flowers (well, I guess they are second behind ranunculus), so I decided to buy my very first tubers and give it a try. To my surprise, the dahlias tolerated our triple digit...
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