Gardening jobs for the weekend, from refining your watering skills to shortening tender plants
Plants lose water rapidly now and often need watering. Aim to fill gaps in rows as soon as possible. Trim tender plants for bushiness, potentially tak...
A guide to creating beautiful vegetable and flower container gardens
As Colorado weather heats up, it’s time for gardeners — especially those with constrained spaces — to fill those pots and planters. Local expert...
Taking a Beauty Break
ALL IT TOOK was this: I got a haircut. I climbed a tree. I lay down at the end of a dock in the middle of a pond on a warm sunny day and stared up int...
15 Best Shade Loving Plants
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Homestead Blog Hop 389 – Homesteading, DIY, Recipes
It’s time for the homestead blog hop. We love hearing from each of you every week. Coming together to share all of our ideas really makes for a grea...
How Long do Seeds Last? (w/ Printable Seed Viability Charts)
How long do seeds last? The oldest seed that’s been grown into a plant is a 2,000 year old date palm, but your garden seeds probably won’t...
How to Prune Ornamental Grasses
Ornamental grasses are fairly new to the landscape scene—they’ve increased in popularity in the past couple of decades. In regions experiencin...
How to Plant Pumpkin Seeds
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Spring fever?
How can you temporarily alleviate a case of spring fever if you’re tired of cloudy days, winter storms, and disgusted with Vladimir Putin? When worl...
BLOOM THYME FRIDAY: Marching into March
I have been away for a few days. I have seen beautiful things. I have been with beautiful people. I am refreshed. I am now very ready for spring. And ...
Hellebores-Deer Resistant, Low Maintenance, Shade Perennial
Gardeners and Hellebores Ok, drumroll here….I think I can say that Hellebores are my favorite perennial plant. A well-kept secret of garden enthusia...
Vertical Vegetable Garden Ideas (Over 20 Photos)
These vertical vegetable garden ideas can be a game changer when it comes to growing food. We’ll share which crops work well for vertical garden...
How to Grow Borlotti Beans: 5 Tips for Growing Borlotti Beans
The cranberry-speckled pods of borlotti beans gracefully twine poles as they grow up. It’s hard to believe something so beautiful is easy to grow, p...
How to grow honeysuckle: this fragrant plant is perfect for growing up walls, fences and pergolas
If you want to find out how to grow honeysuckle, you’ve come to the right place. With its exotic flowers, sweet scent and graceful trailing habi...
Home Harvest Host Call Out!
We’re happy to announce we’re working with Eat Well Tasmania and Sustainable Living Tasmania to hold our third annual “Home Harvest” garden...
Indoor flower garden
Since my amaryllis and paperwhites didn’t bloom for Christmas I’m now enjoying my indoor flower garden in January. This might be even better becau...
When to Harvest Onions (Plus Harvesting Tips)
When should you harvest onions? You can harvest onions any time the bulb reaches a useable size, but for storage, you want them fully mature. We’...
A mix of leafy vege, perennial vine and fragrant blooms
The leaves of the Brazilian spinach can be steamed, boiled or eaten raw as a salad. OF late, I have come across some things that I feel would be good ...