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Understanding Garden Hardiness Zones for Beginners

When first starting our garden, I endlessly researched what I could plant in my garden hardiness zone. I do suppose you could manage to get most any ...

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How to Read a Seed Packet & Sourcing Seeds

Take a dive on all things seeds for spring garden planning: seed types, seed sources and seed starting.  They start as tiny specks in your ...

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Garden Book List for Kids

Discover 30+ spring and summer garden books for toddler, preschoolers and young children. These stories capture the magic of the garden with tractors, ...

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How to Overwinter Tender Annuals

In past posts, we’ve talked about the fall garden providing during the winter but today we chat the bright, spring charm of the overwintered tender ...

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Simple & Cost Effective Seed Starting

Take the easy jump into seed starting your herbs, vegetables and flowers with a simple and cost effective set-up. They say chickens are the gateway ...

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How to Succession Plant & Make Garden Goals

Goals for flowers, vegetables, expansion and the farmer - it's just January. And so we begin our fourth year growing in the garden! Reflection on the ...

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Zone 8a Garden: 12 End of the Year Garden Tasks

August wraps up summer and prepares for the fall. The farmers must roll up their sleeves and prepare for a long chore list while the heat bears down. ...

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Winter Book List for Kids: Cozy Picture Books for Family Read Alouds

Discover 25+ cozy winter books for kids that celebrate snow, family, and simple joys—perfect for read-aloud time and seasonal homeschooling. A ...

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Stories + Activities: “Tomatoes for Neela” Pizza Night

Make fresh tomato sauce to top pasta or pizza and dig into literature with your little with the picture book, "Tomatoes for Neela"! When I walk ...

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Bunny Book Club: Sick Day Book List

Keep littles busy while you get littles healthy with a list of sick day books and a few under the weather activities. Now, this may seem like a ...

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Thanks for stopping in! I’m Shannon, a second time mom on the move between the garden and the kitchen with toddler & baby in tow. Here, we believe that there’s always something to celebrate, a mess to be made and something to learn along the way – and what comes from your “wooden spoons” is always best. Stick around for seasonal and homemade things to try! To read more, click here.

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