Thanks to Edge Right for partnering with me on this post. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I feel like I’ve been in the home stretch of my veggie garden glow-up for several weeks and the fact of the matter is, it’s actually been a few months. Budget plays into everything I do, and…
There’s a certain amount of anticipation that goes along with an invitation to a garden event showcasing new plants. You know you’re not coming away from it unscathed, but in the best sort of way. For me, such invitations result in some serious plant lust, the kind that fills my garden brain with intrusive thoughts…
It’s that time in the gardening season when you look at your garden and wonder, ” What the heck am I gonna do with all those ____________?” Could be tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini. However you fill in the blank, discovering ways to use all that delicious homegrown goodness is challenging. Several years ago, I asked myself…
The dahlias are tucked away despite the fact that I swore off trying to overwinter them again after last year’s dahlia fail. I killed all except one variety. It was my first attempt at overwintering dahlias and I thought the garage was the perfect spot. As it turns out, it’s not. Chalk this fail, there…
This spring, I spent a lot of time observing and waiting. Such is the life of the gardener. But I was anxious to see how long the species tulips planted last fall would survive in my garden before their beheading. I have a rabbit issue. Which means I have a tulip issue too. Despite several…
Over the years, I’ve grown all kinds of crops in my raised beds. The glass gem corn (pictured above) is my most recent experiment. To me, everything in the garden is an experiment because nothing in gardening is a sure thing (unless we’re talking about mint). Oftentimes, I’ve taken the soil for granted with the…
