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My Very Basic Seedling Set up
The picture above shows my tiny seed starting area. I know, it’s kinda ugly, but it’s functional. This small out-of-the-way area is about 4′ x 4.’ Last year, I used the top of…
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View From My Window (Early Spring)
Looking out this window has saved my sanity and my life. It sounds silly but I instantly feel calm when I look out and see all the plants in their different stages of…
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3 Easy Raised Garden Beds to Build This Season
You don’t need a raised garden bed to grow vegetables, but a raised garden bed does have a few advantages over planting straight into the ground. Here are 3 easy raised garden beds…
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Native Plants: Creating Habitat for Wildlife and Saving the Earth One Yard at a Time!
Then I read about a fascinating little creature, the Monarch Butterfly, and how it can only complete it's life cycle on milkweeds.
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Gardening with Kids (without Losing your Mind)
Gardening is a great way to bond with kids and make memories, but sometimes it’s stressful or scary to even think of including them in important gardening tasks. Have no fear! Here are…
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One Easy Way to Teach Kids About Nature
A few years ago, I had a native pollinator garden installed on one side of the front yard. It’s a small garden but our living room window looks out on it and we…
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Planting Store-bought Beans
I never thought of sowing store-bought beans until last week when I saw something about red scarlet runner beans, which form really beautiful red flowers on long vines. I didn’t purchase any bean…
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Garden Building During Coronavirus
Time went on and everything changed, and soon we started noticing that fresh produce was not being restocked as much anymore in our local supermarkets, so then I began the panic about starting…
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Life is a Garden
My garden is full of weeds. Some weeds I've grown to love, some I've learned to tolerate and others I still hate and will always try to pull out whenever I see them.…
