We’re ending our How To Garden series by learning how to store vegetables! You have built your beds, amended your soil, weeded, watered, and nurtured your garden. Now you have been rewarded with an abundance of veggies and you might just be wondering… “What the heck am I going to do with this many zucchini?” [...]
Learning how to preserve water in your Garden is an important issue when learning how to garden. Today we’re going to discuss 8 of the best ways to use and conserve water in our backyard gardens. Plants need a few simple things to thrive in our gardens. Sunshine, great soil…and water. I garden in Western [...]
Garden pests…you know you have them, we all do! Today we are continuing our How to Garden series with plant and gardening pest control and how to get rid of your unwanted garden pests. No matter how perfect our gardens seem, just under the nearest leaf or tunneling under the soil they are there. We [...]
Roses are red, Violets are blue; But they don’t get around Like the dandelions do. ~Slim Acres Weeds! All we gardeners have them…what can we do about them? Today we are going to explore the different options for cutting down on the dreaded chore of pulling weeds! Weeds are by definition anything growing where it [...]
Herbs are easy to grow and so delightful to smell. Chives, Mint, Basil, Oregano, and Cilantro are the five best herbs to grow for kitchen use. Most are as happy potted and in a sunny window as they are in the ground, and require little maintenance once they are established. (Note, if you are looking [...]
Water conservation is an important consideration in gardening. Water is the biggest monetary investment for the urban gardener and outdoor water use is the first place to be cut in times of water shortages. What can we do to reduce our garden water needs? Here are six options. Use one or all of them and [...]
Another family favorite in my home is strawberries. Fresh garden grown strawberries are delicate, sweet, melt in your mouth bites of paradise. Your family will be eating from garden paradise when you place a garden fresh strawberry pie before them or set out fresh strawberries and whipped cream for breakfast toppings! :D How To Grow [...]
Last week we learned how to grow a salsa garden and today we’re getting the details on perennial gardening. How to grow a perennial garden in 6 easy steps! In the Garden: I am really excited to be back, this time to talk to you about Perennial Gardening. If you’ve ever visited your local Botanical [...]
One of my greatest gardening joys is planting things that I know my family will love. Salsa is a family favorite in my home and maybe yours too. So let’s learn how to grow a salsa garden together and have this family favorite fresh from our gardens this year! :D Tomatoes, peppers, onion and cilantro [...]
In the Garden: It’s time for Container Gardening! Last week we learned about Cut Flower Gardening and today we’re learning about container gardening. Tina is back in our how to garden series by giving us the 411 on how to plant and maintain plants in “containers”. My name is Tina and I have been an avid [...]
It’s time for How to Flowers! Last week we learned what the top 5 Easiest Vegetables To Grow From Seed are and today we’re learning about cut flower gardening. Tina is back in our how to garden series by giving us the 411 on how to flowers for a beautiful cut flower garden and fresh [...]
