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If you ask any seasoned gardener their least favored part of gardening, you’ll likely hear the word “weeds.” In this post I shared my method of preventing weeds before they start. Part of that method — as in any sustainable non-chemical weed control — is the use of a weed barrier. In my garden, and…
Is is really that big of deal if you don’t thin seedlings? When you plant garden crops from seed — whether indoors or directly in the garden — you may find yourself in a dilemma that most beginning gardeners face: LOTS of sprouts! Planting Seeds Too Close Together One one hand, you’re excited. They sprouted!…
On a mid-March morning one year, had you been at my home, you would have found me in my blueberry bush bed, taking giant sheets off my blueberry bushes. My fingertips grazed the white blossoms to see if the freezing temperatures from the past two nights had damaged them. Since each of those blossoms is…
If you’re a beginning gardener, you may wonder, “Can I plant seeds directly in the ground?” We commonly think of transplanting baby plants when we begin a new garden, but which crops should you start from seed outdoors — directly in the garden — and when do you plant them? That’s such a great question and…
You’re planning your summer garden, and you know you want green beans. You may not know if you want to freeze them, can them, or simply grow enough to eat fresh. You just know you want them. They’re supposed to be one of the easiest crops to grow, so it shouldn’t be that hard, right?…
When I began gardening, I wanted to start growing blueberries right away. One of the most healthy fruits you can eat, blueberries are expensive to buy at the grocery store, and the flavor of store-bought blueberries simply can’t compare to homegrown. Growing blueberries is much simpler than you would think. All the work — which…
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