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A Tortoise in the Garden

A Tortoise in the Garden

If you want to see some hilarious animal antics, take a walk through my garden. You'll see squirrels chasing each other up and down the sunflowers, rabbits hopping around in  …
27 Vegetable Storage Secrets

27 Vegetable Storage Secrets

When you’ve spent months nurturing your garden, the last thing you want is for your precious vegetables to wilt, rot, or otherwise go to waste. As a food gardening enthusiast,  …
Growing Zones for Radishes

Growing Zones for Radishes

Radishes are cool-season vegetables that grow best in USDA Hardiness Zones 2–10, making them suitable for most of the continental U.S. They’re fast-growing, hardy, and can be planted multiple times  …
What to Plant in June in USDA Zones 4-6

What to Plant in June in USDA Zones 4-6

It's June! When the soil has finally warmed, the threat of frost has (mostly) passed, and gardeners everywhere are itching to get their hands dirty! While your southern friends might  …
Self-Seeding Vegetables and Herbs

Self-Seeding Vegetables and Herbs

Have you ever gotten so overwhelmed with a cherry tomato plant that you let it go, and then the next spring you had a million little cherry tomato plants trying  …
What to Plant in March in Zones 4-6

What to Plant in March in Zones 4-6

March in zones 4-6 is when every slightly warmer day has us pressing our noses against windows, watching for the first signs of spring. While our gardens might still be  …
The Curse of the Unyielding Radishes

The Curse of the Unyielding Radishes

I have a confession to make: I'm a compulsive gardener. People often praise my green thumb, insisting that I can coax life from even the most stubborn of seeds. "Valerie  …