Written by Meg Dickey, Contributing Writer This month at Keeper of the Home, we're discussing Gardening 101, and we're continuing this week with the second part of Gardening with Herbs 101. Let's jump right in to my favorite part of gardening: what to grow! First, consider your needs: What herbs do you love the smell of? What tastes do you enjoy adding to your food? What tea are you always splurging on? What kinds of medicine does your family use during the year? Do you want [...]
Were you as inspired as I was by Shannon's post on Tuesday? I completely understand what she means about becoming more and more excited each year as she considers what she can grow and preserve. I feel the same way. Spring is positively pregnant with possibility when it comes to envisioning my garden and what we will eat from it. With that in mind, let's continue to talk garden planning. Last week I went through the initial steps of determining what you want to grow [...]
I am not an expert gardener and have only spent the last few years taking a stab at preserving what we eat and eating what we preserve. Every year, though, I grow more and more excited because every year we are learning, producing, and preserving more. I have learned that amazing things can happen when you simply choose to work at producing and preserving foods rather than spending time doing other things. I have been greatly encouraged and informed by the new book Surviving Off [...]
In our Gardening 101 series, we’ve talked about a lot of different things so far... how to select seeds for better success, growing herbs, gardening based on where you live, square foot gardening. I know that the process of planning what and how much and when and where to plant everything can be one of the most daunting aspects of gardening. It’s a place where a lot of people get stuck. They’ve got an idea of things they’d like to grow, they know where the [...]
Written by Stacey T, Contributing Writer Spring is right around the corner, literally. The first day of Spring officially arrives on Sunday! With the arrival of spring, there’s lots of talk here on Keeper of the Home about gardening this month. Yet Gardening 101 wouldn’t be complete without mentioning Square Foot Gardening. Square Foot Gardening is the perfect solution for those that would love to garden but feel they don’t the space, time or experience. What is Square Foot Gardening? Square Foot Gardening is a [...]
When I first began, I suppose I had this idea that gardening was the same everywhere... you dug up some dirt, put in seeds, fertilized and pulled some weeds, then enjoyed a harvest. A little naive (or maybe just hopeful), I now know that there is more to making a garden work in your specific neck of the woods. This is part of our Gardening 101 series, where we're covering a lot of basics, and I certainly don't want to complicate things. But I do [...]
Written by Meg Dickey, Contributing Writer This month at Keeper of the Home, we're discussing Gardening 101. What better way to throw off the weariness of winter than with the joyous awakening of the earth around us? Today I'll be sharing some tips on gardening with herbs, and next time we'll talk about what herbs work best in different environments. Let's start with the basics: WHY should I grown my own? Growing your own herbs is easy to do, and you'll be amazed at the [...]
Shelves stuffed full of beautiful envelopes that seem about to burst with potential. Page after glossy page of glorious looking, boldly colored vegetables. No wonder it's so hard to choose seeds for your garden with all the options out there! Beyond the sheer variety, what about the practical issues like will these tomatoes get blight like the ones I grew last year? How should those mysterious "days to maturity" numbers like 65 or 90 impact my decision making? What on earth does open-pollinated or F1 mean? And how many seeds [...]
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