With summer garden tasks it’s easy to think, I’ll do that later, I don’t have enough time. But with these 5-minute summer garden tasks, you can keep your garden growing without it taking over your life. 5 Minute Summer Garden Tasks to Keep Your Garden Growing Great Gardening can be rewarding and exciting. It’s so […]
Easy Mini Greenhouse for Small Garden Spaces
You don’t have to have a big yard or area to garden. You can grow a lot of food in your backyard. And this mini greenhouse is perfect for starting seeds and getting them growing. Which can help you save money too. Welcome to this month’s Tuesdays in the Garden. Each of us gardening bloggers […]
Preparing the Garden for the Growing Season
It’s gardening season and I’m sharing some tips for how I am preparing the garden for the growing season. I hope they help your garden thrive too. It’s that time of year, time to think about waking up the garden from its long winter sleep. There are always tasks to do when it comes to […]
Winter Garden Prep, Tasks to Do before the Snow Arrives
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 […]
