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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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 ...
Zone 8a Garden: August
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. ...
Zone 8a Winter Garden: Cold, Windy Work
Winter work; it is the planning and foundational grunt work of the year and now is the time to begin! Our first ice storm is descending upon us ...
Zone 8a Summer Garden: Too Many Tomatoes
Summer 2023 came and went, the most exciting time in the garden, and there was not one update. Common excuses of a mom of two who gardens, reads a lot ...
Zone 8a Garden: Summer with No Rain
The August Garden Here, the garden has only thrived for the very heat loving and heat tolerant - gardeners included. The months between May and ...
Zone 8a Garden: Preparing & Planting a Fall Garden
It's August, but it is time to think about autumn in Zone 8a, and our lovely fall garden season! Sweat through the seeding and prepare for the year's ...
How to Braid Garlic for Storage
Learn how to preserve your spring harvested garlic by braiding for long term storage. Now is the time for gathering the fruits of late winter planting ...
Mom’s Best: Jam Bars (+ 2022 Garden Prep)
Spring, my goodness, she is a tease. In the south, she wakes up from her winter slumber with moody weather swings while releasing the fire ants from ...
Mom’s Best: Garden Fresh Tomato Sauce
I write this post on the long evening of the summer solstice. We endured some time amongst the mosquitoes, enjoying the sunset and cleaning up cured ...