With snow on the ground, it’s tough to imagine the beautiful, warm summer mornings in the garden. You know the mornings I mean: the ones where the sun is rising through the trees, providing dappled shade that casts the garden in the most delicious light, and your pre-breakfast garden snack is a few cherry tomatoes […]
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Don’t you love the simplicity of fall? A few frosts mean the end of your tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and flowers. With those plants gone, gardening gets a lot more simple. And I, for one, love the natural taper from massive summer harvests to just a few cold-hardy veggies. At the same time, I want to
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Americans spent about $10.14 Billion on all-things Halloween in 2021, which is a terrifying $100 per person! And unfortunately, we know a lot of that spending will create extra stress on our environment, like candy wrappers from individual candies handed out during trick or treating, costumes that will only be worn once that come with
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Do you look at your garden in the fall, and realize that while you should clean it up, you just don’t have energy to do it? By the time fall hits, we’re usually exhausted. After a busy summer with the kids, family events, and trying to squeeze in a vacation, we might barely be able
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Garlic is RIDICULOUSLY easy to grow. Seriously. Here’s how: Step 1: Buy garlic bulbs Step 2: Break garlic bulbs apart into cloves and plant them in November Step 3: Harvest your garlic in July or August of the next year. Done. It’s seriously that easy. But just because I want to ensure you succeed, let
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When you think of vegetable gardening, what does your mind immediately jump to? Growing tomatoes, if you’re like most Americans. Somewhere along the way we’ve gotten the image in our heads that no vegetable garden is complete without tomato plants. And hey, if you’re going to grow veggies, tomatoes are a good choice. The difference
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If you’re the kind of person who plants your garden on one day in May and doesn’t plant anything else the rest of the year, this post is for you. First, you get major points for planting a garden. I know that life gets in the way and sometimes things we value, like a garden
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Garlic is one of the most fascinating veggies to me. No other vegetable demands being put in the ground in the last moment the ground is workable in the fall, survives and even thrives underground all winter, and then pops up in the spring and starts growing like all that was no big deal. Garlic
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It’s tomato season and I hope you’re enjoying your big, gorgeous tomatoes on sandwiches, salads, and (my favorite) caprese salad. Harvesting tomatoes may sound pretty simple and foolproof, but there are a few changes you can make to make tomato harvesting easier on you overall and prevent disease from spreading. You can (and should) pick
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There’s nothing like stepping out into your garden on a warm summer morning with a cup of coffee and admiring your beautiful garden. You glance over your veggies and herbs to see what you might be able to harvest for your morning smoothie or lunch salad. And then you notice a shiny spot on a
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