Do you want toads in the garden? Yes! Toads make great gardening partners. They help reduce the pest population in your garden, and are a good organic tool to add to your arsenol of weapons in pest control. Did you know they can eat as many 10,000 mosquitoes during the summer season? But mosquitoes aren’t…
Improve Your Garden Soil with Natural Nutrients
It’s August, and the garden has worked hard all summer. We have had unbearable heat and humidity here in North Georgia. I’ve replanted squash and green beans for a late harvest, but my cucumbers and first squash plants have been harvested and are ready to be removed from the garden. They are both heavy feeders…
What Can You Plant in the Vegetable Garden In July
July is a time for harvesting, and every visit to the garden now results in cucumbers, squash, or little sun gold tomatoes. During the hot summer heat, you may not be thinking about new plants. But July in the garden is not just about harvesting, it is still time to plant. As you harvest some…
Cucumber Tomato and Onion Summer Salad
It’s been a steamy start to July. I was working in the yard when darkening skies and a clap of thunder sent me and the dogs hurrying back inside. I was hoping for rain so I wouldn’t have to rain the garden tomorrow and we received a good soaking rain. When I stepped outside on…
Hobbyscool Garden and Cooking Summit
I was so excited to be asked to participate in the Hobbyscool Home Garden and Cooking Edition. Whether you are trying to start your own home garden, grow food for your family, eating farm to table or even preserving the food you grow, the HobbyScool Home Garden & Cooking Edition will help you learn actionable…
Attracting Beneficial Insects to Your Garden
How do you attract beneficial insects to the garden? Over the last couple of years, I have been reading about attracting beneficial insects to your garden to help in the fight with garden pests. I garden organically, so anything that could help with eliminating the need for pesticides was worth giving a try. The problem…
Easy Galvanized Tub Garden Craft
My garden has been planted and I’m now in the “maintenance” mode until harvest time. I’ll be watching for pests, watering, weeding, and fertilizing until it is time to harvest. I love to repurpose my junk finds in the garden, and found that I had some time over the holiday weekend to make this easy…
Garden Maintenance Checklist
Having a successful garden requires several things. Creating a healthy soil, placing your garden where it gets at least 6 hours of sun a day (8-10 is better), and choosing the right plant for the right season. But once you have carefully placed your plants and seeds in the soil, it doesn’t stop there. Your…
Printable Strawberry Recipe Card
If you have read my previous post Tips on Growing Strawberries, you know I love strawberries! Strawberry jam, strawberry smoothies, strawberry shortcake! And where am I going to keep all those great strawberry recipes? I have created a downloadable, printable strawberry recipe page for your recipe book. I prefer to keep mine in a binder,…
Tips for Growing Strawberries
I love fresh strawberries from the garden as a snack, or to put in my salad. Strawberry shortcake, strawberry shakes, and oh so many uses for strawberries. Follow these simple tips for growing strawberries, and you’ll be eating fresh strawberries in no time. Strawberries fresh from the garden taste much better than the ones you…
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