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.
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…
During the earliest days of the pandemic, I threw myself into seed starting to offset some stress. Since we have awful rocky clay soil here, I invested in a bunch of fabric grow bags. We found lots of different sizes to accommodate what we wanted to grow! After some research, I had mapped out how…
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…
Living in Pennsylvania zone 6b, our growing season isn’t as long as our southern friends and family. For this reason, I’ve decided to get a real jump start on our cold crops early this season. Fortunately, our raised beds are already in place and filled with soil for planting. I could probably top them off…
Who doesn’t love the delicate, daisy-like flowers of chamomile, and especially the calming tea? Growing chamomile for the first time in our 2021 garden was one of the easiest things we did. I’ll happily share my best tips on how to grow chamomile from seed. Chamomile seeds are tiny yet they produce robust little plants…