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5 Ways Covering Plants for Winter Often Fails (And How to Do it Right)
Winter means something different if you live in New England than if you live in southern California. But no matter where you live, when the temperature drops, your outside plants ... Read More
5 Surprising Vegetables of Winter and How to Grow Them
Can we talk about winter? Or more specifically, the vegetables of winter? Don’t get me wrong; I love summer vegetables. There’s nothing like a sun-ripened tomato in your salad or ... Read More
Why Growing Hydroponic Produce is Beneficial for Home Chefs
I'm going to guess you might be a little surprised to find Disney World mentioned in the first sentence of a post about hydroponic produce. The theme park and entertainment ... Read More
3 Tools Needed to Start a Garden and 3 You Really Don’t Need
When I started my very first vegetable garden, I must have lingered in my garden center’s aisles for over an hour trying to figure out what were the tools needed ... Read More
Vegetarian Pan-Roasted Butternut Squash and Onions with Rice
As a mom of a busy toddler, I know the struggle to come up with quick healthy meals, so I have a lot of love for anything I can throw ... Read More
Late-Season Crops for Planting Vegetables in the Fall
Usually by the time fall rolls around, we gardeners start thinking about cleaning up the soil, putting the tools away for the season, and daydreaming about buying seeds for next ... Read More
Easy Container Gardening for Beginners: How to Grow Your Own Salads
I know... "Salad" is not the first thing that comes to mind when many people think of delicious garden produce. My first memories of salad are tasteless iceberg lettuce and ... Read More
How to Get Into Organic Planting Without Spending a Fortune
I remember being a child in the 80s, the hey-day for prepackaged, and preserved snacks. If it wasn’t stuffed with cream filling, it was covered in Day-Glo orange cheese-flavored “product.” ... Read More
10 Tips for Harvesting Herbs to Eat
I love harvesting herbs. I love the aromas that slowly drift through the air as I pinch off a sprig of sweet basil or earthy sage. And nothing fills the ... Read More
How to Make the Best All-Purpose Plant Fertilizer with 3 (or Fewer) Simple Ingredients
You can find an all-purpose cleaner, all-purpose flour, all-purpose anything, really. It's nice that way. All your needs get taken care of with one item. It's true for plant fertilizer, ... Read More
