My gardening journey started on the porch of a 550-square-foot apartment. I didn’t grow up gardening. As a kid, we had an apple tree that came with the house, which was great, but that was about it. I once got baby watermelon seeds as a handout from a class lesson. My parents let me weed…
Some people choose to garden as preppers. Not peppers, spell check, PREPPERS. As in preparing for the worst case scenario, preparing for the grid and the supply chain to go down, preparing for when SHTF. A common question proposed is, “What if people steal all your stored food and destroy your garden? Is it even…
I would credit this image to its creator but I could not find a source on Pinterest. Though, honestly, the creator should be grateful to not be found. There are blatant LIES on this list infographic!!! Can you spot the huge LIE?! Go ahead… I’ll wait while you look. Did you find it? BRAVO! Either…
If you’re interested in a little science lesson… Small amounts of environmental stressors such as cold exposure, heat exposure, or exercise activate hormesis which is the body’s natural reaction to physical stress stimuli to activate increased production of healthy new mitochondria. Mitochondria are the power plants of our cells. The more healthy mitochondria, the healthier…
Dear Friend, It’s totally normal for a garden to not flourish. Every year you learn more about your particular spot of land, which plants are working and which aren’t, and then use that knowledge to have more success. BUT there will still always be some failure because every year is different. The weather is different,…
The CobraHead Original Weeder is the most effective weeding tool I have ever tried. It reduces the physical effort necessary to uproot weeds thanks to its clever design making the most of basic physics. Even deep tap roots and large weeds are easily removed with a simple striking motion into the soil. If you have…
I am all for jumping right into gardening and making mistakes because you will learn from them. I’m also against perfectionism in gardening because while improving productivity is helpful, too much fine tuning, especially in the beginning, can quickly lead to burnout. It’s better to accomplish something doing a cruddy job but maintain momentum to…
True story. Username has been changed to protect the ignorant. Comment section under homesteader account showing a glamour video of her pulling carrots in a flowy white dress in her massive garden while the caption reads, “Cue the trolls who will tell me I’m privileged.” @ImSoPerfectCan you imagine people saying those with Victory Gardens during WWII were…
Gardening helps depression! First of all, happy microbes under your fingernails. Then weeding is focused, productive meditation. You get so focused on determining what is a weed and what is a seedling you’re trying to grow, that the depressing thoughts or the ache in your heart pauses. You get in the zone mentally and it’s…
I saw a meme online that said: Dear Black Friday, We already have TVs. Please put groceries on sale. So funny… so sad! It got me thinking about how much money I’m saving by growing some food! This is what I harvested for the week. I found local prices for organic produce at Target and…