My Spring 2024 Garden Accomplishments
A wonderful spring in the garden: baby birds, fruit harvests, and butterflies 2024 has been an incredible year in my garden because I achieved several goals of mine. These goals…
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Healing Herbs: Cultivating a Garden of Medicinal Plants
Discussing the benefits and uses of growing your own herbs for health. If you’re not growing herbs, you’re missing out! Fragrant, tasty, and beautiful… These are three words that come…
The Art of Pruning: Letting Go to Grow
A metaphorical look at pruning in the garden and life, focusing on removing what no longer serves us. What does it mean to prune? Pruning is “the deliberate removal of…
Gardening with Kids: Fun Projects to Spark a Love of Nature
Learning to Garden with Grandma Some of my dearest memories are from my grandmother’s garden in Florida. She taught me key lessons in plant care, like watering the roots when…
Eco-Friendly Gardening: Sustainable Practices for Your Green Space
Take care of the planet while you garden It doesn’t make sense to garden if we are not approaching the practice in a sustainable way. Why steward land if we…
Plant-Based Diets: Growing Your Own Health Food
My experience with growing edibles I have several major goals for my garden. One goal is to create a vibrant space I can enjoy along with local wildlife. That’s right…
The Soil of the Soul: Nurturing Your Inner Garden
Think of yourself as a garden Have you ever thought of yourself as a garden? It may seem strange, but follow me on this thought. Your mind is like a…
Seasonal Gardening Checklist: Preparing Your Garden for Spring
The return of spring in our gardens Although the timing varies depending on where we are, the return of spring is unmistakable. The sunshine illuminating the earth, fragrant flowers blooming…
Mindfulness in the Garden: How Gardening Can Be a Meditative Practice
How I discovered meditative gardening One of the most common questions I am asked is: “How do you know so much about plants?” People then ask if I have any…
Watering Wisdom: Tips for Efficient Water Use in Your Garden
One thing you absolutely need in your garden There is something all gardeners need to figure out when planning a garden. Water! Without it, our plants can’t grow. Our watering…
Composting 101: Turning Waste into Garden Gold
There is no waste in nature Have you ever wondered what your house or apartment would look like if you had to live with all your trash? How long would…
The Growth Mindset: Applying Gardening Principles to Personal Development
What do you think of when you think of gardening? Do you think of watering plants, growing carrots, and pulling weeds? Maybe you’re a seasoned gardener, and you think of…
Start a Garden: Tips for Beginners
Can anyone start a garden? Starting a garden can feel like an impossible task, especially if you don’t have experience with plants. You might want to grow something but worry…
