Gardening.
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Solace from all the stress of the world around us…
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.
Planting from seed allows you to witness one of nature’s greatest miracles one step at a time. Try my favorite seedling / paper towels germination trick so you can see the seed radicle emerge and grow up close! It’s amazing! What is a seed radicle? The radicle is the seed root that emerges from an…
Decorating for Halloween continues to be a fun experience for kids and adults alike. This year, kick it up a notch with a few haunted garden ideas you can pull off without a lot of fuss. Shop at the Dollar Tree, Target, Spirit Halloween, or at your other favorite stores to find awesome outdoor Halloween…
When growing vertically in the garden, it really pays off to find planting partners that work well with your crops. For example, pole bean companion plants help you fill out the space surrounding and underneath your bean teepee! We used to grow bush beans as our only backyard garden crop for YEARS. I had green…
Have you ever found surprise tomato plants in the garden? We find volunteer tomatoes all the time! I’ve found cherry tomato plants, Romas, and San Marzano tomato volunteers in the garden. One time, I even found a tomato sprout growing from a seed on my counter! That tiny tomato seed happened to get caught up…
Cucumbers are wonderful to grow in the garden. Discover how to save cucumber seeds easily from your own overripe garden cucumbers. When cucumbers turn orange or dark yellow, it’s a sign they have mature, viable seeds inside for saving. You can harvest cucumber seeds in a matter of minutes, with a simple process and very…
Learning how to save nasturtium seeds helps to ensure a viable collection of seeds for future seasons. Follow a few nasturtium drying and storage tips to easily grow this garden flower and culinary herb year after year. If you haven’t collected your seeds yet, head over to my post on Harvesting Nasturtium Seeds to get…
The garden’s always full of surprises! Volunteer plants, those that you didn’t plant yourself, are one of the best garden surprises. It’s so exciting to find a new plant growing when and where you least expect it. Volunteers randomly show up in the garden without warning. They may pop up in your flower bed or…
Growing your own watermelons can be so rewarding in the backyard garden, especially when you bite into that first piece of homegrown watermelon! Learning how to save watermelon seeds ensures you can keep growing this favorite summer fruit year after year from your own seed stock. Saving watermelon seeds is super easy since you don’t…
Ah, the intoxicating scent of lavender! I love it in all kinds of beauty and health products, and now I’m trying to grow lavender in the garden. I started looking for lavender companion plants to give my lavender garden the best chance of success. Perhaps I’m off base, but I swear I’ve heard through the…
Growing a pick-your-own backyard is one of our family’s current focuses in the garden. I purchased two new blueberry bushes this summer, so I started looking for blueberry companion plants to make the most of my space. Right now, I have one Blue Crop blueberry bush planted along the fence next to my original raised…