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5 Facts to Help You Grow the Best Tomatoes Yet
As Lewis Grizzard said, “It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.” If you’re aiming to grow your own tomatoes this year, here are five facts about botany, pollinators, and pests you can put to use in your own garden to increase your harvest of homegrown tomatoes. Now that the…
Read MoreChoosing the Best Location for Your Garden
Your garden’s location is key to your success or failure with growing fruits and vegetables. In this video, I walk you through a simple exercise to evaluate your yard to determine the “ideal” spot for your veggie garden. This exercise is especially good for new gardeners, but is also handy for not-so-new gardeners looking to…
Read MoreDo Peas Need a Trellis?
Fresh, delicious peas! These cool weather beauties will definitely grow best with a trellis. Here are 3 reasons why. Peas are a crop that you can grow in cool weather, which means early spring and again fall. (If you’re reading this in the summer, consider planting some peas for fall in mid to late August.…
Read MoreHow to Decide Where to Put Your Garden
If you’re starting to grow vegetables or adding another growing area to you yard, you want to find the best location for your garden. Maybe you’ve looked at the possibilities and wondered…
Read MoreAre My Seeds Too Old? How to Check Viability with a Seed Germination Test
Or How to Sneak a Peek of Seeds Starting to Grow! If you’ve ever wondered, “Are these old seeds still any good to plant?” this tutorial will help you find out. It’s also a fun way to see what happens when seeds sprout, a process that is usually hidden from view under the soil.
Read MoreFive Simple Steps You Can Take Today to Get Your Kids Gardening
Healthy eaters. Active explorers. Curious questioners. Gardening can help us guide our children into good habits and promising paths of learning. How can you get started?
Read MoreA Gift from Above: 8 Ways To Use Fall Leaves
Fall is here and so are the leaves. Fall leaves in the yard can be a nuisance—something you have to clean off your yard so the grass doesn’t die. Bag ’em up and drag ’em to the curb. What a pain! At least, I used to think that way.
Read MoreGardening Tasks To Do in October
We’ve stopped stop eating breakfast outside. After a summer of eating almost every meal outdoors, mornings are a little too cool for pajamas and bare feet. But once we put on jackets and shoes, these cool October days feel perfect for working and playing in the garden. Nature is getting ready for winter as monarchs migrate, plants…
Read More11 Reasons to Garden with Kids
Fresh air, exercise, good food… You take the kids into the garden thinking it must be good for them. And you’re right! The benefits of kids spending time in nature are plentiful. But, it’s not always easy to garden with kids.
Read MoreHow to Store and Organize Seeds
You need a system for storing seeds that lets you find what you have quickly and easily. It should keep them protected from pests and help your seeds last a long time. In this post and video, we’ll talk about about how to create just such a system for storing and organizing your seeds.
Read More6 Common Mistakes Gardeners Make in Spring
Are you making one of these mistakes in your growing area? Spring is coming, and we’re all ready to get into the garden. But before you go, review these common gardening mistakes and learn how you can avoid them.
Read MoreHow to Make Seed Strips
This simple technique helps save my sanity when it comes to kids and tiny seeds. Planting seeds with preschoolers usually goes something like this…
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