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Gardening

In the summer months, you’ll be hard-pressed to find me anywhere other than my garden. As an avid vegetable gardener, I never stop learning about how to grow a greener, more productive garden. I share everything gardening here as I go. From seed starting, growing guides, garden planning, and more. Catch me here cultivating the veggies, making cut flower garden dreams come true, and starting perennial beds and landscaping projects around our home.

Seed Starting Mix Vs. Potting Soil: Which To Use?

March 31, 2025
When I started gardening I didn't know the difference in seed starting mix vs. potting soil. Explaining the difference and why gardeners use both.
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How To Organize Seeds Easily In A Photo Organizer

March 10, 2025
Ideas and tips for how to organize seeds in a photo organizer. Create a DIY seed organizational system that works for you and the way your garden.
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2025 Kitchen Garden Grow List

February 27, 2025
Sharing all the vegetables and varieties we are growing in our kitchen garden this season, focusing on production and fresh eating for our family.
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Do Plant Seeds Expire Or Go Bad?

February 17, 2025
Exploring the age old question, do plant seeds expire or go bad? The short answer, no seeds don't expire but sometimes it's time to replace them.
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Three Goals For The 2025 Vegetable Garden Season

February 6, 2025
Before planting that first seed, it's important to set some goals and intentions for your vegetable garden. Sharing my 2025 vegetable garden goals.
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Where To Buy Seeds For Your Vegetable or Flower Garden

January 23, 2025
Favorite sources for where to buy seeds for the flower and vegetable gardens including free resources and companies working to grow gardeners.
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How To Plant Flower Pots And Decorate With Containers

May 27, 2024
Top tips for container planting and a guide on how to plant flower pots for a season of gorgeous blooms for your outdoor space.
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What Is A Kitchen Garden?

March 21, 2024
Just what is a kitchen garden? It's a small yet beautiful garden located near the house that focuses on food production for fresh eating.
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2024 Kitchen Garden Grow List

February 22, 2024
The complete 2024 kitchen garden grow list for our zone 5a backyard garden in rural Vermont. Includes all the vegetable seeds we plan to sow.
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How To Create A Vegetable Garden Plan

March 30, 2023
Instructions for how to create a vegetable garden plan including sun mapping, choosing varieties, and how to get started planning a garden.
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Vegetable Garden Tour 2019

September 29, 2019
I’m in denial that sweaters and slippers are starting to come out of the closet, we haven’t swam in the...
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Propagation Propaganda: Growing Grapevines From Cuttings

August 3, 2015
Before we can really get into this post I need to come clean.  Set the record straight of sorts.  Truth...
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The Ivy The Stone The Lilac and The Grapes

July 14, 2015
We’ve been thinking a lot lately about our attack plan with the new house.  Where do we start?  How do...
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The Back 40 At The Campbell Compound

July 7, 2015
Vermont is rejecting me.  Seriously, hear me out.  When I first moved here sans Colby, I came down with a...
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The Shrubbery

October 10, 2013
“First you must find… another shrubbery! Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must place it here, beside this...
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Gardening For Dummies

July 9, 2013
When it comes to gardening, I really don’t know what I’m doing.  It’s pretty pathetic.  Hence today’s “Gardening For Dummies”...
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