Don’t attempt to dig up soil from your back yard. Don’t buy topsoil. Don’t use compost or whatever you found in an old pot in the garage. Potting soil is for pots. And it is important that you use it to give your seeds the best chance to turn into thriving, healthy seedlings.
So you want to start your garden from seed this year and you don’t know what seeds to select? Let’s answer your questions: who are the best suppliers? heirlooms or hybrids? organic or conventional? and how much you should buy?
I love the current trend of editing our living spaces and creating beautiful organization, but oh! All that PLASTIC! Here is a chic pantry redux that includes only natural materials, no new plastic and you may even have many of these items on hand. Beautiful organization can be GREEN! Let’s get started with some before pictures…
Here’s a quick project that will make your pantry super cute but you’ll also know you are being oh so responsible and teaching your kids to be good stewards of our planet as well. It’s easy! Let’s go…
This is one of my all time favorite DIY projects for the garden. String lights are so popular right now, especially for those who are trying to make their outdoor spaces more beautiful. But oh my have I seen some BAD ideas for how to do this. So many people fill small buckets with concrete only to see the poles and lights fall over in the slightest wind. Or others fill giant buckets with sand, which hold the poles up better, but are kind of ugly and very hard to move. This is an elegant and easy way to get the job done!
“I’m just not a gardener…I have a brown thumb.” If you have ever said this, or if you have felt any kind of despair after a failure in the garden, this post is for YOU! All too often people imagine that I must have success with everything plant in my garden and that I don’t fail at anything after all these years. Not true! Failure is a part of gardening and farming every year – and it offers life lessons that are about more than gardening.
Gifts for your favorite gardener – or if YOU are the gardener, send this list to those who love you and are asking, “What can I get you?” Every year during the holiday, I struggle to think of gifts I might need in general, and then in the spring I think – shoot! I should have asked for garden stuff! Garden gifts may have to sit around for a few months until it’s time to use them, but once you need them, you’ll be so glad you don’t have to run out and buy them.
There’s nothing worse for a gardener than to check on your crop and find it destroyed by pests – sometimes overnight! It’s enough to make an organic gardener run to the nearest store for some chemical pesticide. But wait – there are many other methods available that are safe and organic to help keep pests under control and keep your plants healthy and strong. Beneficial Nematodes are one of the most potent ways to protect your garden.
Saving pepper seeds should be a slam dunk, right? Just save the biggest, best pepper from your harvest and remove the seeds for next year. But wait…there is something you need to know.
