Over the last couple days we've been talking about how to create a specialized culinary garden or potager. You can see the first two entries in this series here: Picking the Perfect Spot for Your Potager and Picking the Perfect Plants for Your …
Picking Plants for Your Potager
Yesterday, we talked about why you might want to create a secondary (or primary, if need be) culinary garden known as a potager. Today, let's take a closer look at how to choose the right plants for this special garden. One of the main benefits …
Picking the Perfect Spot for Your Kitchen Garden
When we moved into our house, choosing the ideal spot for the main vegetable garden was pretty easy - mainly because so much of our available land had to be devoted to the horses. Still, it ended up in a nice sunny spot with close proximity to the …
When Should You Plant Vegetables in Your Area?
It's hard to believe it was over 80 degrees just two short days ago. Today is blustery and cold… and a thin dusting of snow lies on the ground. The birds seem as confused by this sudden turnaround as I am. As the snow swirls and spins around them, …
Tips for Succession Planting Success
Yesterday, we talked a little bit about designing a new vegetable garden and using succession planting principles to maximize your results. The garden image I shared in that article was from this past weekend (April 2014). To better illustrate …
Vegetable Succession Planting: Getting Started
Finally, a warm and sunny weekend here in NE Ohio! I'm heading outside in a minute to get back to work stripping horse stalls and working in the garden. We made tons of progress yesterday - and the vegetable garden design I've been carrying …
4 Questions to Ask When Planning Your Vegetable Garden
Well, it's FINALLY that time of year again. Time to start finalizing your vegetable garden plans. Are you in?? I have BIG goals for our vegetable garden this year. (If you ask my husband… I always do!) :) This will be our second full summer in …
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Your Trusty Garden Journal
Do you keep a garden journal? I do. I received a beautiful blank gardening journal several years ago as a housewarming gift. By now, it is well worn and coffee stained - and filled with little details about my beloved daylilies, hostas, and future …
The Organized Gardener
Let me be clear up front - the title of this post is not referring to me. :) At least not this year. My new husband and I moved in together a few months ago - and between work and kids and... life... I don't think I've ever been so busy. Which …