It is that time of year when the summer garden is starting to come together. I have seeds starting under grow lights, soil in the garage, and tons of drawings of my garden and garden expansion. I have big goals…
Plant Suggestions for a First Time Gardener
If you are just starting a new garden, it can be overwhelming to figure out what to grow. When I first started gardening,I tried to grow plants that were not a great choice for beginners and became very very frustrated….
Garden Prep in the Winter
Despite the fact that it has been in the 60s in NJ this week, it is still winter and I won’t be able to be out in the garden for a while. But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t work…
How To Start A Garden Journal
If you have a garden, big, small or even just one raised bed, you need a garden journal. This must have tool for your garden that will help you year after year. Keeping records, notes, lists of successes and failures…
Best Lessons from the Garden – Top 5 Garden Tips
As this garden season comes to end I spent some time reflecting on this season. The weather did not work in my favor but overall I think it was a pretty good gardening season. I lost some plants early on,…
Why I love growing in a Keter Easy Raised Planter Bed
I wanted to garden for some time but as I was afraid to, as I wrote in a previous post. One reason I was faired was destroying my grass. For that reason, when I started gardening, I started with a…
6 Reasons to Garden in a Raised Garden Bed
I have been gardening for several years now in a raised garden bed. A raised garden bed is actually how I first started gardening and I think this type of bed is an amazing vehicle to grow for so many…
How to Start Composting
I used to think that composting was gross. I never heard people talking about it, so I thought composting was a weird thing for a suburban mom. But composting is not weird or gross. The truth is composting is amazing,…
How to Get Rid of Fungus Gnats
Pests are always an issue when gardening. I have been pretty lucky that I haven’t had many problem with pests so far. But I have dealt with fungus gnats. What started as a few little bugs soon turned into a…
Tips for new gardeners
Starting a garden can be overwhelming. There are so many types of vegetables to grow, so many options of how to grow (pots, planters, in-ground, raised beds…) it’s hard to know where to start. I wanted to put together the simple…
Garden Tools for Beginners
If you are starting our gardening you might be thinking you need to purchase a lot of tools. But you do not need much. I suggested a short list of items you need, and then you can purchase things as…
Afraid to Start a Garden?
In my post Introducing My Garden I wrote about not knowing how to start a garden. The truth was, I did not start gardening when I bought my house because I was afraid to start. This now seems silly to…
