Watering Tips | How to Water Your Garden

Gardening 101- Watering Everyone knows that watering is an important part of gardening. It’s the first hurdle most of us…

Win the Ames New Homeowner Collection

Win Dad a New Set of Garden Tools We’ve teamed up with our buddies at  Ames Tools for another spectacular…

Herb Potato Salad

Potato Salad: A Summertime Staple I know that the official first day of summer is still about a month away,…

Sharing Your Harvest | Plant a Row for the Hungry

Sharing Your Harvest In my family, we always grew too much in the garden. Tomatoes, beans, grapes…as a kid, it…

Chonggak (Ponytail Radish) Kimchi

Kimchi for Bachelors Chonggak translates to bachelor in Korean. This kimchi got it’s name because the radish used for the…

How to Manage Mosquitoes While Gardening

Stinkin’ Bugs! I guess if I were a frog or a bat maybe I’d have an appreciation for mosquitoes. But…

Growing Sweet Potatoes

Not Just For The South Sweet potatoes have a long history in southern cooking, and maybe because of this many…

Growing Guide for Beans

Versatile Legumes Beans, Phaseolus spp. are some of the most versatile vegetables. They offer endless opportunities in the kitchen and…

Free Printable Herb Cards

Cards With an Herbal Flair I love herbs; not just cooking with them or growing them. For me, herbs are…

DIY Healing Lotion Bars

Lotion Bar Redo For many years I gave my mother-in-law a tube of Gardener’s Hand Therapy from Crabtree and Eveyln.…

Summer Squash Growing Guide

One Of The Most Rewarding Crops Squash are notoriously vigorous and productive garden plants. For fresh consumption, most families only…

Choosing Cucumbers For Your Garden

Grow Cucumbers At Home If you are looking for an easy to grow, versatile addition for your vegetable garden, consider…