Looking for a cheap DIY garden path you can complete in a day? It’s possible! I mean, you’re going to be sore as hell, but it’s doable! In the last decade of gardening, as with most things, I’ve learned quite a bit. And a big learning curve for me has been hardscaping. I’ve come to…
September flowers are spectacular! These late summer / early fall flowers can be show stoppers in your flower beds as well as in your cut flower garden. And if you grow some of these, you can keep cutting beautiful bouquets of flowers right from your very own garden. Let’s look at what’s growing with wild…
Your best cut flowers for late summer bouquets are a mix of perennials and annuals. This is good news! Right now, late August, you can actually still plant these perennials if you don’t already have them growing in your garden. Odds are your local nursery or Lowes/Home Depot may have these plants, and possibly have…
Can a simple shed be changed into a cute chicken coop? You betcha! That’s what we did and she’s absolutely adorable! If you’ve ever priced out chicken coops, you may have had a minor heart attack like me. Half are flimsy and not suitable for life while the other half are so expensive we’d have…
The best cut flowers for early June are long lasting, full of fragrance, and are simple to start from seeds indoors. I’m going to help you get your best early flowers growing in your cutting garden! A cut flower garden is a gift that keeps on giving – – or is that the jelly of…
There is no shortage of chicken brooder ideas on the internet. But if you’re here, you have some questions and I’d love to help. I’ll be sharing a simple set up that works for any backyard chicken keeper and especially first time chicken keepers – – like me! What is a Chicken Brooder? A brooder…
Your raised bed planting layout doesn’t have to be stressful! If you’ve been following along with the Beginner Gardener Series, you know it’s okay to view gardening “rules” as general guidelines. Gardening takes practice. We learn from our successes as well as our failures. You’ll never learn more about gardening than when you get your…
Are you ready to grow vegetable plants in your raised garden beds? I sure hope so! Just to recap, in our Beginner Gardener Series on Raised Beds, we have covered purchasing/building your raised beds in part 1, the best/easiest vegetables to grow in part 2, and how to grow from seed in part 3. Be…
Let’s grow some easy vegetables in raised beds from seed. It’s so much easier than you think! Welcome back to part 3 of our beginner gardener series. So far we’ve covered raised beds in part 1 and easy vegetables to grow in part 2. Be sure to check out those posts so you’re all caught…
We’re diving into the fun stuff today with some easy vegetables to grow in raised beds! Welcome back to Part 2 of our Beginner Gardener series. In this series we are walking you through step by step, from creating your first raised bed all the way to harvesting your bounty! If you missed part 1,…
