What To Do in the Garden in January: January Gardening To Do List January might not feel like a big gardening month, but it’s actually the perfect time to get things in order for the year ahead. Whether you’re organizing your tools, planning your garden layout, or starting seeds indoors, there’s plenty to do…even if…
29 Winter Garden Activities to Keep You Inspired All Season Long As the weather turns colder and the garden settles into its winter sleep, it might feel like gardening has come to a halt. But if you’re like me and can’t stop thinking about plants, don’t worry—there’s plenty to do! Winter Gardening Activities are the…
April is a great time for gardeners. The weather has finally warmed up enough to spend hours in the vegetable garden, cleaning up from winter and preparing for a busy season ahead. Flowers are blooming, the earliest vegetables are going in and there’s an excitement in the air! In this article, I’ll be sharing with you several…
30 Simple Tips For Growing In Raised Garden Beds Raised garden beds are a great way to grow vegetables and flowers, without a lot of the problems gardeners face when planting directly in the ground. A few benefits of raised garden beds include: You can read more about the perks of raised garden beds here,…
How To Fill Raised Garden Beds Cheap Raised garden beds are popping up in backyards everywhere, and it’s not hard to figure out why. They’re easier on the back, contain fewer weeds, and the soil is nutrient rich, drains well, and has the right texture for delicate plant roots to speed out and grow. As…
Raised Bed Soil Mix Recipe It’s no secret that raised beds are great for growing plants. They drain faster, have fewer weeds than in-ground beds, and have a whole list of other benefits, which I go into in more detail in this post. One of my favorite advantages to growing in raised beds is the…
Printable Square Foot Garden Planner Square foot gardening is a concept that lends itself well to raised bed gardening. Raised beds are typically built in rectangles, which can easily be divided into 1-foot squares. Additionally, those of us growing in raised beds prefer to get the highest yield for our available space. After all, higher…
21 Benefits of Raised Garden Beds Raised garden beds are growing in popularity, and for good reason! They not only look good, but they also have several advantages over traditional in-ground garden set ups. When I first began growing a vegetable garden, I started everything in the ground. My crops did okay, but they weren’t…
