Get your garden ready for winter so you can have an easier time gardening come spring. These winter garden prep tasks will help you get your garden winter ready. Winter will be here before you know it and it will be time to let gardening go until the spring. But before winter arrives there are […]
Ginger Garlic Green Beans (a Farm to Table Recipe)
An Asian inspired side dish recipe of delicious ginger garlic green beans. This recipe is simple to make and takes only a few minutes from start to finish. This time of year we are up to our ears in zucchini and green beans. If you are a gardener or you visit the farm stands or […]
Fall Garden Chores, What to Do Before Winter Comes
A few fall garden chores to do to wrap up your garden and get ready for winter that is ahead. I know when fall rolls around you can get garden fatigue. With all the planting, watering, harvesting, canning, and freezing that goes on during the summer months you might be ready for a gardening break. […]
How to Make Apple Chips, with Three Drying Options
Making apple chips can be really quite simple. Here’s how to make apple chips with three ways to dry them too. Have you ever tried making your own apple chips? They are really quite simple to make and so healthy too. Some of the links in this post are my affiliate links. See my disclosure […]
10 Gift Ideas from the Garden
Did you know you can make gifts to give out of your garden? Below you’ll find a few gift ideas you can make with items from your garden. Growing your own food is great to feed your family but often you might end up with more than you need when you do use the extra […]
July Garden Harvest in Zone 8
How is your garden growing this year? I hope it’s thriving this summer. Our garden is doing a lot better than last year. Last year I had one garden bed that nothing grew well in. I was perplexed as to why since I treat all of my raised beds the same way each year. But […]
Caring for a Rose Bush Tips, How to Care for Roses in Your Backyard Garden
Roses are so pretty and smell great too. If you are thinking about adding roses to your garden theses caring for a rose bush tips can help. This post contains affiliate links where appropriate, thanks for the support. We live in the city of roses, so it’s only fitting that we should have roses growing […]
7 Spring Flowers to Grow in your Garden
7 spring flowers that would be great to add to your own backyard garden. Plus a few berries that flower in May too. As we are coming into the month of May we usually have some really beautiful flowers in bloom. After all the saying goes April showers bring May flowers. We have certainly had […]
DIY Windowsill Herb Garden, Simple Garden Gift
This easy DIY windowsill herb garden is quick, easy, and inexpensive to make. It would make a great gift for a gardener or someone who loves to cook with fresh herbs. Picking a gift for someone can be hard. You want to give them something they really want and you want it last too. This […]
How to Use Succession Planting to Extend Your Growing Season
How to use succession planting to extend your growing season and your harvest in your backyard garden. Do you have a smaller garden like me? If you do, you’ll want to make the most of your limited gardening space. Planting like you have a huge garden doesn’t work that well. But with these succession planting […]
Tips for Growing Kale in Your Backyard Garden
Everything you’ll need to know for growing kale in your garden, backyard or in containers. From planting to harvesting with every step in between. Kale is one of those crops you either love or don’t. We enjoy kale at our house and I grow a few plants each year. If you’re thinking of growing kale […]
