Mini Greenhouses from Milk Jugs
DIY Mini Milk Jug Greenhouses Have you been dreaming of spring seedlings and summer gardens, looking through your seed catalogs? Spring can’t come too soon in my part of the woods! I saw a Pinterest...
View ArticleCreate a Mini Compost Bin
This easy to make bin will have you composting in no time! One of the best things you can do for your garden is to add compost and improve the soil. We all know this. We even have the raw materials to...
View ArticleGarden Primer: What’s Your Vegetable Garden Style?
Vegetable Garden Styles I’ve been thinking today about vegetable garden styles and the many ways we can use available space to our advantage. I’m currently living with a “less than ideal” yard. Last...
View Article8 Reasons to Try Container Vegatable Gardening
What’s Your Garden Style: Container Vegetable Gardening This year my vegetable garden is going to knock it out of the park! No more whining about my small space. I’ve been looking at my vegetable...
View Article8 Reasons to Try Square Foot Gardening
Find Your Gardening Style – 8 Reasons to Try Square Foot Gardening I admit it – I’m a plant crowder! The back of every seed packet has some specific planting instructions. You can look there to find...
View ArticleSoil Polymer Crystals as Mulch for Container Gardening
Soil Polymer Crystals as Mulch for Container Gardening I am experimenting with using soil polymer crystals as mulch for containers this week. You’ve probably seen it at the local nursery once it’s...
View ArticlePreparing the Green Thumbs of the Future: Gardening for Kids
Preparing the Green Thumbs of the Future: Gardening for Kids Kids love two things: candy and dirt! Nothing makes for a better day in the eyes of a kid than digging through your well manicured lawn or...
View ArticleDIY Manure Tea – Putting Manure to Work in Your Garden
DIY Manure Tea – Putting Manure to Work in Your Garden You can make a liquid, rich in nutrients, that can easily be applied to your garden and patio plants. Do you have manure lying around your...
View Article15 Favorite Gardening Books for 2015
Up Your Gardening Game This Year This is the time of year when I pull out my gardening books and dream about the upcoming year. I like to review my skills and look at new techniques to try. This year...
View ArticleStarting a Garden from Scratch
What Can You Grow in an 8 X 50 Plot? If you’ve been following along you know I moved from Oregon to Central Texas last fall. This move has taught me just how important digging in the dirt is to my well...
View ArticleThe Postage Stamp Vegetable Garden
Grow Tons of Organic Vegetables in Tiny Spaces and Containers. When I first started vegetable gardening in the 1990’s I thought you had to “go big or go home” with your garden plot. I had a big yard...
View ArticleVertical Gardening Ideas
Grow It Up! Don’t be discouraged if your gardening space is the size of a postage stamp, you have options! You can maximize the space you have in a number of ways by remembering that plants are happy...
View ArticleFood Scrap Gardening
19 Foods That You Can Regrow From Scraps. Ever the frugal gardener, I’m trying new ways to keep my summer garden producing. Have you ever tried food scrap gardening? It’s really just taking items that...
View Article4 Reasons to Improve Garden Soil
Successful Gardeners Know – It’s All About the Soil. Your garden soil is alive and is a plant’s essential source of moisture, air and nutrients. Good garden soil supports a living, thriving community...
View ArticleManaging Garden Expectations
The Suburban Micro-Farm by Amy Stross I have created many gardens over the last 25 years. Big yard and small – I’ve done them all. We moved from Oregon to Texas and purchased our home just over a year...
View ArticleYes Mom, You Can Grow Potatoes in a Laundry Basket
This year I am experimenting with small space gardening in my less than ideal yard, and I’ve promised not to whine about it. I didn’t realize the vast possibilities for growing in containers until I...
View ArticleBring the Garden Into Your Kitchen with Microgreens
Even if You Can’t Plant a Garden Right Now You Can Grow Microgreens Winter is here, today it is especially cold and rainy, and I’ve been dreaming through my seed catalogs again. I came across a cool...
View ArticleGrowing and Preserving Versatile Mint
Growing mint is not exceptionally hard but the greatest challenge is to keep it from taking over your garden. The post Growing and Preserving Versatile Mint appeared first on PreparednessMama.
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