You really don’t need lots of fancy garden tools and things to manage your garden. Mostly you just need to nurture it. Water when needed and tend to it along the way. If you prepared your soil well then your maintenance should be relatively easy. The problem is that most of us start out enthusiastic […]
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Planning a Summer Garden Day #8: Favorite Flowers and Herbs
It’s a difficult choice when talking about my favorite flowers and herbs…because I love them all. So I will highlight a few of the ones I think you should consider when planning your garden because of their excellent qualities. My Favorite Flowers and Herbs: The name Marigold is “Mary’s gold” of Middle English origin. Marigold- […]
Planning a Summer Garden Day #7: Tomatoes, Peppers, and Cucumbers
Tomatoes, Peppers and Cucumbers are family favorites. I wanted to choose a few summer vegetables everyone loves and enjoys from a summer garden and focus on them a little today. My favorites that we will use the most are tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. Tomatoes: My friends and I chose to start seeds indoors for 5 […]
Planning a Summer Garden Day #6: Planning Out Plant Placement
I use my nature notebook to keep notes and draw my garden plans out. As I think about what I want to plant where, I consider the following questions. Checklist for planning out plant placement in your garden: Is the plant to be placed in the sun or shade? You want to be sure that […]
Planning a Summer Garden Day #5: Choosing plants you will use and enjoy.
Here are a few thoughts to help you with using choosing plants you will use and enjoy. Choose plants appropriate to your conditions and location. If you only have shady areas then you need to plant shade loving plants! If you have a very dry sunny spot…try roses. Just be sure to read the […]