There comes a point in the garden, especially here in the South, when everything seems to shift at once. The days stretch longer, the warmth settles ...
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Everything You Need for an Indoor Seed Starting Set-up
The garden is at rest, but setting up an indoor seed starting set-up prepares small seedlings for their big year ahead. For anyone with the garden ...
10 Gardening Activities to do with Kids
Start spring and summer with gardening activities for kids of all ages to invite them into the creative and exploratory days of the ...
10 Books for the Gardener
Learn the ins, outs and nuances of gardening with excellent teaching and vivid imagery with our favorite books for the gardener. When someone first ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...