Gardening.
Dirt Therapy.
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.
Lettuce plants in the garden don’t tend to take up much room and they’re great for sticking in small, unfilled spaces. Consider the best lettuce companion plants to make the most of your gardening spaces. Create a salad garden with different lettuces and a variety of plants that grow well together with lettuce. Start early,…
So much of the fun of gardening is planting seeds to see what grows! We discovered it’s so easy learning how to plant apple seeds, even if you don’t know just what kind of apple tree you’ll get, or if you’ll even get any edible apples! Growing an apple tree from seed is an easy…
For some reason, growing cantaloupe from seed to the point of actually harvesting one feels like a major achievement! Our girls love fruit, so it was a great experience growing cantaloupe from seed in our garden. Also known as rock melon or muskmelon, cantaloupes are known for their sweet orange flesh and fragrance, along with…
School gardening clubs bring so many benefits to the kids – learning about plants, enjoying the fresh air, and being active among the top! If the weather doesn’t cooperate on your scheduled day, you can still find lots of rainy day activities for your school gardening club. Plan to meet in a classroom or multipurpose…
Like cantaloupe, honeydew, the green flesh melon, tends to be another favorite fresh fruit to enjoy. Growing honeydew melon from seed may seem out there, but it’s entirely possible and easy to do! Growing up, I never really thought about growing honeydew. My mom always grew cantaloupe and watermelons. But, in a stroke of luck,…
Learn how to save cantaloupe seeds so you can grow delicious orange melons for your family! Saving cantaloupe seeds is quick, easy, and fun for garden-loving kids to lend a hand. You can save cantaloupe seeds from homegrown or store-bought cantaloupes. Once we had the most delicious store-bought cantaloupe – and I typically don’t care…
In my early days of gardening on my own property, I started out with a few raised garden beds. Then, during the pandemic, I threw myself into seed starting to offset some stress. I planted WAY too many seeds and needed a much bigger garden. Since we have awful rocky clay soil here, I invested…
There’s truly nothing like those first few warm days of spring! For those of us with spring allergies, we get a true glimpse of what it’s like to really enjoy the season. Try a few gardening solutions to make your favorite hobby more comfortable! When facing allergies in March, April, and May, gardeners may find…
Did you know you can get free Live Monarch seeds to plant in your own garden? The Live Monarch Foundation will send you free milkweed seeds for a self-addressed, stamped envelope. To best support saving the monarch butterflies, please also consider buying more seeds or better yet, starter milkweed plants. You can make a donation…
Growing fruits and veggies from grocery store produce has become a fun hobby for us when we get bored before spring starts! One of my favorite experiences so far was learning how to grow kiwi from seeds of yummy kiwifruit we had in the fridge. Growing kiwi seeds proved to be easy, fun, and pretty…