There’s one surefire way to identify a gardener in the office. They are the people who bring mass amounts of any given crop to share with their colleagues. Typically the item they share is a giant box of lemons, or a handful of gigantic zucchini, or bunches of herbs. I know I’m grateful to my colleague who recently brought me …
Decoding Your Garden
In my last post I talked about my process of getting to know the landscaping at my new house. I also confessed to the fact that I wasn’t totally sure which plants were weeds and which weren’t. I recently discovered the LikeThat Garden app and $2.99 seemed like a small price to pay in order to identify some of the plants growing …
Thoughts of Home and Hope
I purchased Anew Green Seed Pacs a little over a year ago and then abruptly got a new job, moved my family a thousand miles, and never got them in the ground. When we arrived in our new city, we rented and the Seed Pacs stayed in a box. After the arduous process of selling our house, we finally moved …
4 Ways to Garden Big in Small Spaces
A friend of mine recently voiced frustration over the fact that gardening seemed near impossible in her apartment. It can definitely be frustrating to have the passion and drive for gardening but not have a good space for it. Let’s face it, a tiny herb garden in your kitchen window will only go so far. If I’m growing herbs, I …
3 Plants That Naturally Deter Pests From Your Garden
Nothing is more frustrating than planting a vegetable garden from seeds, cultivating it and watering it with unparalleled dedication and devotion, only to see a pest come in one fell swoop and destroy it. If you’re a backyard gardener such as myself, you’ve probably sacrificed significant quantities of any one vegetable or herb for a wide selection of crops. Hence …





