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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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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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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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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We all need a break sometimes. Vacations give us a chance to get out of our normal routines, experience new thoughts and ways of life, and spend some much-needed time with family. But I find that the week before I leave on vacation is one of the most busy, stress-filled weeks of my entire year.
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In an ideal gardening world, you will get a beautiful, huge harvest from every plant you put in your garden. But you know that ideal world doesn’t exist, right? Even with the best of intentions, constant care, proper watering, and a good amount of know-how, you’ll have plants that struggle or straight up die on
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Salad gardens are one of my favorite types of gardens to grow. To me, there are few things more rewarding in gardening than having a consistent supply of fresh greens for as many salads as I’d like to have. And while I don’t eat salads daily, I love being able to harvest a big bowl
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Ah, May. The month that the weather magically becomes nice and we suddenly remember that we need to plant a garden (and clean up the yard for the spring, and plant annuals, and mulch, and…). It becomes overwhelming really quickly. You just want to rush through all those gardening tasks so you can get on
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