How to Grow
Tips for Growing Carrots at Home
I'm happy to report carrots are one of the vegetables that I can direct sow and NOT have demolished by soil pests! Direct sowing in my garden tends to go more like this: sow seeds, wonderful little seedlings germinate, everything gets eaten by roly polies, earwigs, or...
Growing Flax: How I Learned Where Flax Seed Comes From
Last Winter I was perusing a seed catalog and saw the word "flax" next to a beautiful blue flower. I thought to myself 'could this be the same flax that I've eaten in crackers and oatmeal?' I honestly never thought about where those tiny little seeds come from. Did...
Grow Your Own Passionfruit ~ My 5 Best Tips
In all honesty, our passionfruit vine is one of the most low maintenance plants in our yard. This is mostly due to the fact that our climate is extremely suitable to growing passionfruit---and so much of gardening is about climate. Passionfruit vines thrive in warm,...
How to Grow Sunflowers From Seed
I don't think you can look at a sunflower and not smile. If you aren't sure, I challenge you to grow some and see! Sunflowers are one of the best flowers to grow at home, as they are simple to grow from seed and wonderful flowers for attracting beneficial...
How to Grow Garlic ~ A Guide to Planting, Harvesting, Curing, & Storage
You can grow your own garlic, and it's totally worth it. We just completed our third season growing garlic, and I'm obsessed. So much so, that I wanted to learn more about it this summer and took a trip to the local library. The book I found was all about...
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...
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...
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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