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Gardening offers so many mental and physical health benefits! We hope you enjoy our gardening blog and posts related to our adventures in the garden.
Gardening is amazing! Understanding the benefits of backyard gardening as a hobby may be enough to get you hooked for life! Gardening is one of the few hobbies I’ve found in life that can be simultaneously exciting and relaxing. I’m so excited for my plants to grow! Ahh, I feel my stress melting away! It’s…
Starting tomato seedlings indoors gives your plants a healthy head start! Hardening off tomatoes before you transplant them outside will give your tiny toms the best chance to survive and thrive. Do you love your tomato plants? Do you want them to thrive all summer and fall long? By following proper tomato care tips, your…
Have you heard a 3 sisters garden? The three sisters crops include beans, corn, and squash – three plants that grow very well together. Growing this trio in close proximity in the garden brings benefits for all three plants. I personally have not tried a 3 sisters garden yet, but it’s interesting to me and…
Your plants will be much happier once they make it through the hardening off phase! Hardening off seedlings before transplanting must occur in order for plants to acclimate to the outside temperatures and natural sunlight. This process is time consuming but it’s often a labor of love. Or at the very least, a necessary evil….
Do you get exhausted hardening off plants? Hardening plants sure does feel like that pesky old cork in the way of sensational gardening experiences! Let’s just get the plants in the ground already! Well, slow down there! It’s vital to learn the correct way of hardening off plants or you’ll be likely to make some…
Sunflowers, some of summer’s most beautiful flowers, provide a stunning backdrop for family photos and energetic arrangements indoors. Learning how to deadhead sunflowers makes it easy to extend the sunflower bloom season longer into the fall. Discover all about the benefits of deadheading sunflowers, when to do it, and tips for removing spent blooms. Read…
Do zinnias need deadheading? That depends. Would you like to have more flowers? I’m sure it’s a resounding YES! Let’s get to it then – I’ll tell you how to deadhead zinnias in pots or in your garden. But first, let’s cover some of the basics. If you aren’t familiar, check out my complete guide…
Did you know you could enhance the quality of your garden by deadheading flowers? It’s not just the unkempt look of deadheads, but you’ll actually enjoy more and better blooms in most cases! Keep reading to find answers to questions like what is deadheading and what flowers do you deadhead. What is deadheading? What flowers…
Did you know that you don’t have to just keep buying lilies to get more lilies? I love how the vibrant colors and the tropical accent elevate the landscape appeal. I. Want. All. The. Lilies! So, I’ve begun propagating lilies from scales (also known as scaling) and while it won’t keep me out of the…
Did you ever wish you had a cheat sheet of the ultimate tomato plant care tips to ensure success in the garden? I sure have. I’d love kitchen counters full of tomatoes just waiting to turn into homemade spaghetti sauce! So, what is a tomato, actually – a fruit or a vegetable? As science would…