Love fresh salsa? Imagine how convenient it would be to have everything you need for fresh salsa. Garden fresh veggies. Walking into your gardens and picking in late summer, then heading to the kitchen - maybe even an outdoor kitchen - and starting to create so many meals. Nothing older than a few minutes, as… Continue reading Gardens To Plan: Salsa & Taco Garden
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Gardens To Plan: The Pizza Garden
This garden theme is a practical approach to engaging children in gardening. Get them to help plan the layout, and the seeding, then planting, and to harvest it so they can then help make dinner. Pizza Garden: Tomatoes Bell Peppers Cayenne Peppers (For red pepper flakes - a long-term project, but hands off mostly) Basil… Continue reading Gardens To Plan: The Pizza Garden
Gardens To Plan: The Soup Garden
If one has an herb garden, they should also plan out other garden themes. Imagine having everything you needed to make soup. Just wander out to your kitchen garden or backyard, and harvest away for a dinner that is minutes fresh from the stockpot. Not having to go to a store and buy produce or… Continue reading Gardens To Plan: The Soup Garden
When To Plant Seeds In Grow Zone 7a
Right now, on social media, you will see a lot of image posts like this: Or: And I will tell you this much: Be really wary of these images. For one, raised beds are not magical. They still freeze solid in winter. And yes, January is the dead of winter. Even my Kale is barely… Continue reading When To Plant Seeds In Grow Zone 7a
Most Asked Gardening Questions In 2025
I get asked gardening questions often. I love it when readers send me emails here. Or message me on Facebook about growing. If I have an answer, I will try to help you out. If not, well...then I will learn with you. And I can tell you...I will write about my learning. I take it… Continue reading Most Asked Gardening Questions In 2025