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Benefits of Mycorrhizal Fungi

April 3, 2025

Mycorrhizal fungi provide numerous benefits to your plants. It is especially important when transplanting baby seedlings to help them get off to a good…

Growing Winter Squash

March 28, 2025

Growing winter squash is a highly gratifying endeavor that allows gardeners to continue to cultivate and harvest fresh garden vegetables into the cooler months….

Selecting Plants for Your Herbal Tea Garden

March 11, 2025

Imagine stepping into your backyard, surrounded by vibrant greenery, where every plant has a purpose — from soothing chamomile to invigorating peppermint. Growing your…

Some Ideas for Garden Themes

January 9, 2025

It’s officially a New Year! Are you dreaming about your garden yet? Are you one of those people who rips everything out and starts…

Fall Gardening with Wildlife in Mind

October 30, 2024

As the summer winds down, our gardening chores turn to the dual tasks of both cleaning up the garden and preparing for fall planting….

Oxheart Tomatoes

October 12, 2024

Oxheart tomatoes are powerhouses in your tomato garden. Perhaps due to their different shape from other tomatoes, oxhearts are an often overlooked variety by…

Tips for Growing Luffa Successfully

June 23, 2024

Have you dreamed of growing your own luffa but don’t know where to start? Or, perhaps you’ve started seeds but couldn’t get the luffa…

New Tomato Varieties for the 2024 Season

June 11, 2024

I’m growing 24 tomato varieties this year, and I wanted to give everyone a quick tour of all of the tomato varieties which are…

Grow a Cocktail Garden

May 28, 2024

Sure, we’ve all heard of beer gardens. But as you can probably tell from my cocktail recipes, I love concocting new adult beverages for…

When to Spring Plant and How to Know if it’s too Early?

May 8, 2024

Its easy to get confused when we see gorgeous photos on social media of other gardeners planting in other zones, and it is natural…

The Best Vines to Grow on Arches and Trellises

March 15, 2024

One of the most beautiful sights in a garden is when the garden architect incorporates some vertical elements, drawing the eye up toward the…

Reflections on Gardening with Dad

March 4, 2024

Gardening as a kid My Dad loved to garden, and was an excellent gardener. Growing up, I always remember there was a vegetable garden…

Saving Tomato Seeds for Next Year’s Garden – the Paper Towel Method

October 13, 2023

So, if you read my post from last year about Saving Tomato Seeds, you may be wondering about the different methods. My post last…

Best and Worst Varieties of the 2023 Tomato Season

October 11, 2023

One of the great things about gardening is that you get to start all over each spring. Every year we put in our favorite…

How to Remove Tomato Stains from your Hands

October 3, 2023

If you have done any tomato growing at all, you no doubt have noticed that after touching the green stems, and especially after tomato…

Pruning tomatoes

June 7, 2023

Not sure if you should be pruning tomatoes? Well, there is a lot of conflicting information out there, so it’s no wonder people are…

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