Find out how to make a bug bouquet to keep bugs away from your picnic naturally, plus other ideas to help keep your picnic pest-free! Flies and mosquitos are common backyard visitors, especially when there is food out. Typically, people use bug spray or scented candles to repel them. Here is a way […]
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What can I plant in zone 7a? What do garden zones mean? Check out the answers to some common questions and some garden pictures for inspiration! These pictures are from the last week of June 2024. Check out our garden in the last week of May 2024 to see what a month’s
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Working with a small backyard means coming up with a lot of tiny garden ideas. We look for ways to maximize space while keeping it aesthetically pleasing. Our goal is to decrease our dependence on the grocery store a little bit each year so each year we increase the plants that we grow. We are
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One of the first plants that pops up in our garden each spring is our spearmint plant. It grows tall and if you just slightly brush it as you walk past, you will smell the freshest mint aroma. Fresh Iced Mint Tea is one of the staple drinks we keep in our fridge all summer
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Peppers are a great plant for a gardener of any experience to grow. They grow well in pots as well as in the ground! Here are tips for growing peppers that will increase your success in the garden. Check out our tips for growing your best tomato harvest! Last year we grew about 8
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Tomatoes are a fun and common plant to find in a gardener’s backyard. They grow pretty easily and without much fuss. However, there are a lot of tips for growing tomatoes that can significantly increase your yield this summer! Read on for a summer’s worth of tomato growing tips. Tomato plants make up a large
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Tending a garden throughout the spring and summer is a fun task and a lot of work! Learning the ways to prepare for your garden in February can help make the process smoother and more efficient. Here are some of our best tips and advice! Why plan for your garden in February? If you
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Looking out at our raised beds at the beginning of spring, I knew we would need an upgrade from the old rotten boards holding our garden together. Our family lives in a half-double, so raised beds in a small backyard are one of the best ways we help our plants thrive. I created a custom
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A beginner’s garlic harvest is not exactly a huge feat when you look at the scheme of gardeners everywhere, but this was our first time intentionally planting and harvesting garlic. I think that seeing what a beginner’s garlic harvest looks like can be encouraging and motivating to prepare yourself for next summer. This post is
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Knowing what tomatoes we grew this year and reflecting on how we felt about each variety at the end of the season helps us know how to plan for next summer’s garden. We grew a total of 22 tomato plants this year, encompassing 8 different varieties. Most of them I grew last year but I
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