Seed Saving: How to Save Kale Seeds
Seed Saving: How to Save Kale Seeds Let's talk about how to save kale seeds. It's always exciting to know that there is always MORE I can learn about for…
Finding Joy in the Garden in Summer
Finding Joy in the Garden in Summer This is a tough topic for me: Let's talk about finding joy in the garden in summer. Heat, pest invasions, mosquitoes, weeds....yeah, summer…
The Best Edible Flowers for a Vegetable Garden
This is a list of the best edible flowers for a vegetable garden. What does that mean? This list of edible flowers all have practical benefits for your vegetables and…
Early Spring Gardening Chores
Let's talk about early spring gardening chores. There's plenty of things you can do to prepare your garden for healthy plants! I have lived in cold, northern climates and…
How to Deal with Problems Growing Root Vegetables
Hi, my name is Cris, and I am ready to admit that I am having problems growing root vegetables... I think one of the hardest things to deal with as…
Finding Joy in the Garden in Winter
Finding Joy in the Garden in the Dead of Winter Let's talk about ways for finding joy in the garden in winter. From a gardener's perspective: what is your…
How to Grow Cumin
How to Grow Cumin Let's talk about how to grow cumin. In America, cumin is not grown in many home gardens, possibly because of two factors: (1) A belief that…
10 Plants for Attracting Beneficial Insects to Your Garden
I love winter. It's the best season for getting prepared for a new gardening season. I love to cuddle up by a fire, drink some tasty hot chocolate, drool…
6 Gift Ideas for Gardeners
It's that time of year. Time to think about clever, cute, and/or funny gift ideas for your loved ones (or for yourself!). Here is a list of 6 gift ideas…
8 Lessons from My Summer Garden
This year, my garden was much MUCH better. Unlike last year's fiasco. Thank goodness. However, even though this year's harvest was a happy thing, I still learned plenty of lessons…