When you like junk, and your friends know it, you often receive calls asking if you want some things, because they are “cleaning out”. So, when a friend called asking if I wanted some old bottles, I didn’t hesitate to say yes! I have had a bottle tree in my basement since last summer waiting…
Gardenchick
Hi, I’m Karen, and I am so glad you are here. I believe there is something powerful in the simple act of growing. Whether it is harvesting fresh, organic vegetables in your own backyard garden, or creating a butterfly oasis on your patio, growing helps us reconnect with nature. It has been shown that gardening…
Calendula Salve
Whether you are a kid or grown up, cuts, scrapes, and scratches are inevitable. You can purchase a first aide salve at the store, or the treatment may be just out your back door. If you have an herb garden, you don’t have to look very far to discover that nature has provided us with many natural…
Landscaping: Creating Art with Plants
Landscaping is an art form. When most people think of landscaping, they envision a homeowner hiring someone to come in and plant some flowers or shrubs. While this is certainly one aspect of landscaping, it is by no means the only thing that landscapers do. In fact, many landscapers see their work as a form…
How to Revive an Overgrown Garden Part One
I am embarassed to show this eyesore of a garden. I’m not sure how it got so out of control. A busy summer of working, teaching classes, and tending my own vegetable garden, allowed me to keep putting this perennial garden on the backburner. It is right beside the drive way coming into my house….
Tips for Growing Blueberries
Blueberries are the perfect fruit for the home garden. I currently have 3 blueberry plants that are growing alongside my raised garden beds. I grow my vegetable garden in raised beds because my soil is rocky and Georgia clay. For that reason, I decided to create raised rows to plant in. I weed-eated the grass…
Preparing Your Lawn and Garden For Winter
Fall is the time of the year when many gardeners start thinking about the best methods to prepare their gardens,and lawns for the coming winter months. Even if you know your average first frost, you need to be ready for an unexpected, sudden frost or unseasonably freezing temperatures. Many of your plants, such as annual…
Fall Garden Vegetable List
Here’s a handy Fall Garden Vegetable List you can print out and take with you to the fall plant sales. Plan your garden first, determine how much space you will need, then purchase what you need. Tips: Some fall vegetables such as cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and brussel sprouts have a longer time to maturity, and…
4 Steps to Create A Versatile Garden
I have been growing vegetable gardens for years, but I feel I’ve neglected creating the inviting space that has been missing in my yard. I hope to take time during the winter months this year to take a course in garden design and incorporate some of the ideas in the following contributed post that offers…
Ham and Collard Soup
If you had asked me two weeks ago if I liked collards, that would have been a NO!. I really can’t tell you why, maybe it was the collards and bacon grease my grandfather made when I was young. Or was that turnip greens? Either way, I was convinced I didn’t like collard greens, and…
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