Gardening

Getting Organized in the Garden: Seed Starting and Planting Schedule

January 29, 2010

One step to ensuring a really good gardening season is knowing in advance what needs to be done and when it needs to be done. This will help you to avoid planting things too late because you weren't ready or didn't have the right supplies on hand at the right time.
This year I found a [...]

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Organization in the Garden: Evaluating What You Have and What You Need

January 26, 2010

January tends to find me just a little bit giddy. Throughout the fall and early winter, I am just pooped from gardening and preserving season. I don't really want to see another canning jar, or hardly even another fresh tomato, and going out to get the garden prepped for over the winter is the last [...]

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The Annual Organic Gardening Carnival 2009

November 4, 2009

I know of very few gardeners for whom everything comes easily. Certainly it didn't for me. Gardening, though something I've become passionate about and have learned to truly love, has required a lot of work, study, experimentation (and yes, both failure and success), and learning from others.
I don't think I'm alone in that. For most [...]

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Reflections on Another Year of Gardening

November 4, 2009

I love gardening, I really do.
This was a bit of a different year for me, though. I went into the spring already late in my 2nd trimester of pregnancy, and finished up the summer with a newborn baby (plus two other children under 5). Ambitious as I am, this proved a challenge for me!
I considered [...]

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The Carnival I Almost Missed and Other Important News

November 4, 2009

Well, I may be able to pull off a mean baking day but I'm still forgetful at heart. :)
In the midst of preparing for baking day and then spending all day yesterday actually doing it, guess who completely forgot that it was supposed to be the Organic Gardening Carnival today? Oh wait, that would be [...]

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Upcoming: The Annual Organic Gardening Carnival!

October 9, 2009

It's time again for the Annual Organic Gardening Carnival!
About this time last year, I realized just how helpful it might to be able to purposefully reflect on the past gardening season, write down our observations and lessons learned and then share them with one another. For more about the vision of the carnival, see what [...]

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A Wormy Update

September 15, 2009

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Preserving Summer’s Bounty: Freezing Spinach and Dehydrating Tomatoes

September 14, 2009

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Frugality in Composting

September 10, 2009

Though I adore gardening and am seeking to develop my skills in the area of composting, it is definitely a weak area for me. I love taking a peak into what others are doing as I learn more about it, because I know it will be so valuable for my garden in the long run. [...]

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A Tale of Two Gardens: Part 2

August 31, 2009

By popular demand, I decided to run the second part of this post right away. The suggestions are so valuable, and having gardened myself for 3 years now, I can definitely attest to the wisdom in these tips. I know that I've been encouraged and reminded of areas where I could improve my own gardening [...]

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