Depending on where you live and what you’re trying to grow, winter may have thwarted your gardening abilities. Between less moisture and relative humidity, the potential for frost, and freezing ground, plants aren’t likely to prosper no matter what tactics you employ. For diehard gardeners and novices alike, this season can seem like lost progress […]
Read More →Waiting Out the Winter: Growing Herbs Indoors
As if it was the next big thing in fashion, or a new hairstyle, “organic” is trending. You’ve likely seen the hashtag #organic while scrolling through Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook, and you may have even used the “superfoods” sticker for your daily matcha latte Snap. More and more publishers are writing about the benefits of […]
Read More →The Buzz Behind “Organic”
Weeks spent at summer camp as a kid fueled a love of bonfires and fire pits. As I grew into adulthood, I became a camp counselor and camp director, all the while looking forward to sitting around the campfire with the people around me. Outdoor fires (in both warm and cold weather) have a way […]
Read More →A Fire Pit Garden
Autumn is my favorite time of year. Because I live in such a hot, dry area of the country, I look forward to the relief of the crisper, cooler weather and all that goes along with it. Family gatherings, bonfires, pumpkins, and cozy food are the thoughts that keep me going during the hot summer […]
Read More →Creating a Pumpkin Topiary
Every year as the weather starts changing, we awake to brisk, beautiful fall mornings, and my attention turns away from the garden to the front of my house. My household enjoys celebrating the season with fun, seasonal décor but I personally prefer to avoid collecting whimsical yard art. This season I decided to pull out […]
Read More →Simple Halloween Décor
There is no doubt about it — we’re in the dog days of summer. And while I love summer, our gardens can take a real hit about this time of year. High heat, low rainfall, muggy air — you name it, and the garden will feel it. So how can you revive your summer garden […]
Read More →Revive your Summer Garden
As gardeners, we tend to focus on keeping the outside of our homes loaded with flowers for the whole world to admire. Still, there’s something to be said for growing plants specifically designated for the inside of our homes, as well. If you don’t already have one, you will never regret planting a cutting garden […]
Read More →Easy Flowers for Your Cutting Garden
When we’re so busy enjoying all the loveliness of our summer gardens – beautiful bouquets of cut flowers, watching pollinators partaking of the nectar banquet, the parade of different blooms in their prime – it can be easy to neglect the plants living in our house with us.
Read More →Don’t Forget Your Houseplants!
When we think about planting climbing plants in our garden, we don’t typically think about how they climb — or if they are actually “climbing” at all.
Read More →Plants that Climb, Scramble, and Twine
I’ve been an organic gardener for ages now, and I like to joke that I started gardening organically because I was just lazy and didn’t want to go to the trouble of using a bunch of products. But over the years, I’ve become more and more committed to the ideals of organic gardening because I […]
Read More →Who is the Organic Gardener?