Let’s grow veggies! Warning! Growing your own organic veggies is heady stuff. Once you get your grown on, you won’t want to stop. How flippin’ fantastic is it to plant a tiny seed, nurture it through the stages of life and reap the rewards of a bountiful harvest? Well, let me put it this way […]
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10 Simple Gardening Tips
Who doesn’t like a great tip? Every growing season I learn something new to help our organic garden thrive. I came across this video and thought you would find these tips simple and effective! Happy gardening!
Compost: Waste Not, Want Not!
Every time I toss out a scrap of apple peel in the trash bin I have serious pangs of guilt. Grandma always said, “Waste not, want not!” Coming of age during the Depression was her teacher and I take her life lesson to heart. I’ve used all our compost in the bins prepping the beds […]
DIY Sticky Traps
Maintaining an organic approach to gardening can be a maddening experience for gardeners. Us included. This is especially true when it comes to aphids and leaf miners. We found sticky traps do a fabulous job of keeping these marauders in check. Plus, sticky traps are a great early warning system because you can see the […]
