30/52: Toenails and Produce

28/52: Shelling Peas and Hulling Oats

Gardening for Beginners: Seeds & Seedlings

Congratulations! You've built your beds, decided what to plant, and you're finally ready to actually get things planted!

But... How? Do you need seeds? Is it better to buy plants that have already been started? Is it time to spend hundreds of dollars building a huge greenhouse???

 

 Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Gardening for Beginners: What Shall I Plant?

One of the most frequent questions I field is people asking me what they should plant in their garden. And honestly? I can't really tell you what to plant without knowing a few things...

Gardening for Beginners: How to Start

So, you want to start growing your own food! Great! If you're not already sold on the idea, here are 7 Reasons to Start a Garden.  And I'll add one more, which I never thought I would need... If your local food supply gets disrupted, being able to grow food at home makes a HUGE difference in food security.

Now, obviously you need to be able to practice a little bit of delayed gratification, since even if you go out and plant radishes RIGHT THIS SECOND it'll still be a month+ before you're eating them (and they're the quickest thing you can grow). But with our governor just issuing a "Stay at Home" order that extends through June 10th (I know!!), it really seems prudent to do what we can to avoid leaving the house whenever possible. So... Why not try to grow a little something that helps tide you over between grocery trips?

But where do we even START?

Well, your garden needs three major components to be successful:

27/52: Summer Produce and Paper Diapers

24/52: Bread, Beets, and Boots

31/52: Elderberries and Soccer

29/52: Flowers and Trash Kites

25/52: Big Helpers

21/52: Puffy Sleeves and Peonies

16/52: Pigtails and Mary Gardens

7 Reasons to Start a Garden!

Well, if it ever warms up, we'll be in the swing of things for garden season! People keep asking what we're planting this year, and I think it might be better for me to tell them what we *aren't* planting... We aren't planting: sweet potatoes, turnips, or kohlrabi. There are probably other things too, but not many!

I find gardening really fulfilling, and I think it's something anyone can do, even if you think you have a black thumb. Here are 7 reasons why:

11/52/2018: Garden Working

9/52/2018: Dirt Eaters and Fashion Lovers

38/52: Mock Gardens, Scars, and Farmer's Tans

My Sunday Best, Volume 72: Pockets Full of Trash

Happy Sunday! Our garden is still chugging along and we've had beautiful bouquets on the table all summer! It'll be a little sad when the frost hits next month and we can't have this pop of color there anymore...

31/52: Home on the Homestead

27/52: Flowers and Piggyback Rides