Adding a drip irrigation system to your garden is just about one of the very best things that you can do to ease the burden of watering your plants. With a drip irrigation system, you can set your watering to a timer, so you can go on vacation without worrying about your plants. Here are […]
Useful Gardening Hints
How To Dig Up Some Dirt (Without Being Nosy)
Before you put away your gardening tools for the season, I recommend that everyone spend a little time “working” their garden soil. Sharing these garden soil tips will help you have less work in the Spring. Working your dirt, or adding nutrients to it to help plants grow, can really do a lot to help […]
Gardener’s Almanac: A Monthly Guide To Gardening (October)
October is finally here and it is one of my favorite months of the year! It’s a blast to watch all of the gardens put out their last bit of fruit before closing up for the winter. But now that it’s gotten colder, there are a few things you should be doing to keep your […]
Fall Gardening Mistakes That Are Easy To Do, But Make Spring Gardening Hell
Fall is finally here and I’ve about wrapped up all of the work I have to do in my garden to get things ready for winter. It’s been a crazy few months as my weekends have been full of fall gardening chores! As I was working outside, it occurred to me that everyone knows that […]
The Thick And Thin Of Gardening (And Why You Need To Have Both)
Last updated on October 8th, 2019 at 10:30 am I love my perennial hedges. It’s a blast to see them grow a little bit bigger every year, and it’s even more fun to divide them into several new hedges when they’re big enough. However, a lot goes into deciding whether or not to leave your […]
Trees Well Suited For Dry Areas
Last updated on October 19th, 2019 at 07:54 pm I remember when I first moved to Utah, I knew it was a desert, so I was so worried that I wouldn’t be able to have trees in my yard! Fortunately, I was happy to learn that trees are easy to grow (even in Salt Lake […]
Ferns: The Difference Between Palmate And Pinnate
Last updated on October 19th, 2019 at 07:51 pm Though difficult to grow, ferns are one of my favorite garden plants. Though I don’t have any outdoors, I have a few ferns growing inside and it’s been an adventure learning to care for them. If you’re thinking about growing ferns either outdoors or in, you […]
Gardener’s Almanac: A Monthly Guide To Gardening (September)
Last updated on October 19th, 2019 at 07:31 pm I walked outside this morning, and I felt it! That fall chill in the air has set in and I feel like it is here to stay. I had an insanely productive summer in my garden, and just about everything I planted turned out to be […]
Beekeeping For Beginners
Last updated on October 19th, 2019 at 07:28 pm Growing up, my father had a huge honey bee colony out behind our house. Though we weren’t allowed around it without proper gear, I loved to help my father with it when it could. And it was so much fun to collect the honey! Since I […]
How To Store Your Saved Seeds
Last updated on October 19th, 2019 at 06:56 pm If you want to grow heirloom tomatoes every year, or heirloom anything really, it’s probably a good idea to learn how to store your saved seeds. These tips for saving seeds will keep your seeds in tip-top shape throughout the winter and into the next growing […]