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.
Growing broccoli from seed indoors gives you a jump start on its long growing season. This cool-weather crop is delicious raw or cooked and it starts readily from seed. Starting broccoli from seed is worth a try, especially if you’re planting other seeds as well. It only takes a few moments to plant broccoli seeds….
Have you tried growing watermelon from seed? This delicious fruit works out just fine in the backyard garden! Learn how to grow watermelon from seed for a yummy summertime harvest. We had great fun growing watermelons from seed for the first time in 2021. (Our 2020 crop did not survive once I moved the watermelon…
Green beans are one of our family’s favorite vegetables. Recently, I made the switch from growing bush beans to growing pole beans. It just made so much more sense to grow vertically and maximize our garden space. Starting beans indoors is a longtime tradition for our gardens for year and years now. Beans are also…
Few things are as exciting as the moment you realize you can start your seeds for the current gardening season. Starting zucchini seeds indoors is something you should consider if you have enough space for a plant or two. Zucchini plants are known for their prolific nature. You’ve likely seen the gardening memes about sneakily…
Starting seeds indoors in egg cartons is one of our family’s annual gardening traditions! We look forward to it every winter. Using egg cartons to start seeds is just about as easy as it gets. (Well, besides my other favorite seed starting method – germinating seeds in plastic bags with wet paper towels!) I highly…
They say you should write down your goals as it makes it more likely to achieve them. Hopefully putting this out in the interwebs universe amplifies that possibility. Well, here goes nothing – here are my real-life garden dreams for the dream garden I hope to have one day! Right now, we live on about…
All locations aren’t suitable for gardening in winter or all year long, for that matter, unfortunately. Here in PA Zone 6b, our outdoor gardening season ranges from around Mother’s Day weekend to mid-to-late October. Luckily, winter gardening is still possible with the right ideas and equipment! Even despite the cold, some gardening projects make perfect…
Decorating the house with gourds is a fun way to update your décor for fall. After Thanksgiving, we send our old pumpkins and gourds to the recycling center. After I harvest gourd seeds from our favorite ones, of course! Besides, half the fun of growing pumpkins and gourds is using them in your fall decorating!…
Strawberries are quite possibly one of the easiest fruits to grow in the garden. Simply bring home a few starter plants, water as needed, and they pretty much establish themselves. Finding good strawberry companion plants means you can find room for even more berries in your garden! Companion planting strawberries allows you to find mutually…
Thyme is a wonderful and beneficial plant to grow in the garden. Since this tasty herb is a perennial, I started looking for thyme companion plants to optimize my garden. I am glad to add a few thyme plants this year. Growing herbs in the garden improves your green thumb and enhances your cooking prowess….