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The Insanity of Spring: A Gardener’s Reflection
This is the first article for my new Gardener Reflections series. I’m reflecting today on the chaos and insanity of spring when it comes to gardening, as well as how I am (trying) to keep up on the...
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The Benefits of Gardening: A Gardener’s Reflection
Let’s talk about the benefits of gardening. Here’s a list of 7 gardening benefits that I personally think are what makes gardening extra special and important. This is my second article in my Gardener...
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How to Make Your Own Compost
Learn how to make your own compost. Making compost is a wonderfully sustainable way to make healthy soil for your garden from your own kitchen scraps and livestock/yard waste. This article looks at...
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Finding Joy in the Garden in Fall: Dealing with Harvest Overwhelm
Learn how to find joy in the garden in fall, despite struggling with frantic feelings of urgency to get everything done in the garden and often dealing with harvest overwhelm. This is part of my...
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Clever Ways to Extend Your Gardening Season
There are many clever ways to extend your gardening season. Below, I will explain the various techniques that can get you up to 6-8 extra weeks of garden productivity. These range from frugal to...
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My 2020 Garden Vegetable Varieties
This is a list of the garden vegetable varieties that I am growing in my garden in 2020. I’ll give you little snippets of why I chose those varieties for my garden zone 8a in South Carolina and also...
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Homemade Seed Starting Soil Mix Recipe
Seed Starting Soil from the store (or online) can be really expensive, especially if you are starting a lot of plants from seed. Learn how to make your own homemade seed starting soil mix in order to...
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How to Keep Deer Out of Your Garden
Learn how to keep deer out of your garden. These tips can help you have success at preventing deer from destroying your vegetables, fruits, and favorite plants. I’ll give you multiple ideas to help you...
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How to Make Soil Blocks for Seed Starting
Learn how to make soil blocks for seed starting. Soil blocks are easy to use, cheaper than peat pellets, and better for the seeds because their roots have room to expand and thus are easier to...
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How To Start a Garden From Scratch (Part One)
I recently moved to a new homestead and while I’m pretty excited about the potential and possibilities with my new land, it was sure hard to leave behind my established gardens that took me 8 years to...
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