Daily Library
How to Grow Your Own Smoothie in Containers
Smoothies are my secret weapon to sneak vegetables and fruits into my toddler’s (and husband’s) diet. With a few base ingredients, you can add just about any type of fruit ... Read More
The Best Potatoes for Home Fries and How to Make Them
Before I tell you the best potatoes for home fries, let's talk about what you want to do with them. Different strokes of potatoes for different folks, but the kind ... Read More
How to Make Compost for a Food Garden
Before I started composting, I didn’t love the idea. I knew it would need to be far from the house to keep the gross out, like flies, smells, and rodents. ... Read More
Watermelon Lemonade
Friends, let me tell you how much I love my juicer. Let me count the ways. I know a lot of gardeners are into juicing too and totally understand, but ... Read More
7 Tips for Successfully Growing Vegetables in Window Boxes
You've heard the story. You can probably tell the story. You're growing vegetables in window boxes, and they're coming along just fine. You run out to do some errands one ... Read More
Can You Compost Dog Poop?
When I first started composting, I felt a surge of angst any time I was about to throw something in the garbage. Can I compost it? Is this really garbage? ... Read More
Should You Garden Barefoot?
I'm a barefoot gardener, and until I posted a video online of my daughter and me in the garden picking veggies for dinner, I never considered any issues with that. ... Read More
An Easy No-Dig-Gardening Guide
I'm going to say right up front that when I first came across the concept of no-dig gardening, I had visions of skipping through the meadow sprinkling seeds like fairy ... Read More
Vegetable Garden Box Advice for a Making a Container Garden
In the northeast where I live, there are about 4-5 months of actual gardening, and 7-8 months of planning. I like to plan a garden that is partially in-ground and ... Read More
10 Really Easy Veggies to Grow for New Gardeners
In theory, growing vegetables should be pretty easy. Put your seeds in the ground, water them, and a week later you have adorable little sprouts. 60 or so days later ... Read More