Monthly Archive: April 2010

How To Build Tomato Cages

How To Build Tomato Cages

Emilee, one of my readers, gave me the instructions to build some pretty cool tomato cages. You can see from this picture that her tomatoes were over 5′ tall, and still growing, thanks to...

Organizing Your Seeds

This is a picture I took in front of my happy place–the seed aisle. I love shopping for seeds. The packages are so colorful, offering hope of beautiful and delicious home grown vegetables. I...

And the winner is. . .

And the winner is. . .

Becky Pottinger Congratulations, Becky, you have won a FREE Gardening Bundle!!! Check your email for details. Thank you to everyone who entered! Don’t forget–your 15% off coupon expires on the 16th. Happy gardening!

Creating A (Square Foot) Garden Plan

Whether you are doing a traditional or square foot garden, having a plan helps everything run more smoothly. Here is a simple outline for creating your square foot garden plan. I love using Excel,...

FREE GIVEAWAY: Gardening Bundle E-books and 15% off coupon

FREE GIVEAWAY: Gardening Bundle E-books and 15% off coupon

What is the Gardening Bundle? The Gardening Bundle is a set of two e-books to help jump start your garden. The first, Planting By Color, is a week by week guide of what to...

My 2010 Square Foot Gardening Plan

My 2010 Square Foot Gardening Plan

I just realized that I never posted my 2010 gardening plan, or instructions on how to create a gardening plan. Here’s the first, and the “how to” will be following in a few days....

What the . . . hail?

What the . . . hail?

Yesterday it was hailing. No joke, hail. I decided last week that I’m not waiting for warm weather to prepare my garden beds–as long as it’s 45 degrees or more, I’m going to do...