Are Those Cheap Store Bought Greenhouses Really Worth It?

At some point in everyone’s gardening journey, there comes a day when you start to run out of room, or you want to extend your garden season. You look at your options, and inevitably you start seeing beautiful greenhouses, built in beautiful backyards, with beautiful plants filling it up. Then you see the not-so-beautiful price […]

Seeds to Sow Right Now: A Top Ten List

While you won’t be eating sun-ripened tomatoes for a few months, there are plenty of seeds to sow right now! Taking advantage of these cold-hardy plants will help you extend your growing season, and get you eating fresh garden food way before tomato time. Where should you start your seeds? Growing Zones There are a […]

The Best Gifts for Gardeners, Bakers, Homesteaders, and Makers

Here we are! It’s Christmas time already, and trust me, I’m more surprised than any of you because that means baby #2 is coming in a little over a month! In honor of the most wonderful time of the year, I wanted to create a gift guide to share some of the best gifts for […]

2022 Garden Recap: The Best and Worst Things About Woodchips!

Today’s post is as much for me as it is for you. This is a garden recap: a record of all the successes, failures, and in-betweens of the 2022 garden season. The biggest change we made was starting a Back to Eden style area around our raised beds. Growing with woodchips has some huge pros, […]

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How to Cure and Store Homegrown Garlic

So you just pulled your first bulbs of garlic out of the ground. You can’t believe it worked. You did it! You grew garlic! But now what? You can use the garlic you grew right away. So if you need it for dinner tonight, go for it! But if you want to store it a […]

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The Best Ways You Can Fertilize Your Garden

Fertilizing your garden is one of those things you might think about in a general sense, but not really know what it entails. I used to just think all fertilizer was the same and it didn’t matter which one I used. Heck, before that I thought you didn’t even need to fertilize! My plants soon […]

How Gardening Changed My Life & Made Me a Better Person

Gardening changed my life. And it can change yours too. I’m not being cheesy or overly dramatic. Growing things has truly, 100%, fundamentally changed how I live my life and the perspective I have on the world. It’s impact has been so great that I feel not only compelled, but obligated to tell you about […]