I don’t love growing bulb/common onions since pests can be a big issue where I’m at. However, I love growing green onions (also called scallions or bunching onions) as a great alternative! They are much easier and are still pretty versatile. If you are growing green onions and want to save seeds from your plants …

One of the more interesting things in my kitchen’s tea cabinet is a big bag of deep red dried up hibiscus calyxes. I love using them for tea. It has a super tangy taste that is perfect for lovers of tart, sour things…like me 🙂 The calyxes are from a type of tropical hibiscus called …

Today we’re talking about propagating cuttings of maypop vines! The full name of a maypop vine is Passiflora incarnata, and it’s also called purple passionflower. Maypop is a hardy native to the U.S., and it’s known for its striking, unique flowers and edible fruit. Maypops are aggressive growers, spreading through prolific underground root systems. So …

Raspberries are one of my favorite fruits, and they can be pretty pricey to buy. Luckily they are some of the easiest fruits to grow! Unlike blueberries, the plants don’t take years to get established and start fruiting. And they are prolific growers! Sometimes a bit too prolific, honestly. They can spread like crazy, which …

Dill is one of my favorite herbs to grow in the garden. And not just because I like making pickles with it…I mostly grow it for the butterflies! Dill is one of many host plants for black swallowtail butterfly caterpillars. I plant parsley for them, too—but it seems they gravitate toward the dill the most. …

One of my favorite perennials to grow in the garden is sage. I love the low-growing, mounding types that can spread slowly and fill in areas between other plants. These are great low-maintenance plants, too. And that’s always a win for my garden! So let’s take a look at the reasons I love growing perennials …

Hi all! Today we’re talking trellising tomatoes. There are loads of ways to trellis tomatoes. They all have pros and cons, in my opinion. This post covers the two ways I’m supporting my tomatoes as they grow this year and why I like both! First, we’ll talk about trellising determinate tomatoes. These tomato varieties are …

Hey all! Today we’ve got a quick little post about saving spinach seeds. I love growing spinach because it’s one of the hardiest greens. It’s a cooler weather crop, so we grow it in the spring and fall here. You can even overwinter it and get a super early harvest in the spring, too! I …

I have been wanting to try out growing some new edibles—some more non-traditional things to complement my tomatoes and peppers and all of the other “normal” stuff I grow. So when my cousin gave me a few sunchoke tubers this year, that was the start of my edible tuber bed! Sunchokes are prolific and spread …

Today I’m sharing our BIG project for this year, our front lawn conversion from a traditional turf grass lawn to beautiful, productive gardens 🙂 We get great light in our front yard, and it was seriously under-used before this project. So this post will walk you through all of the steps we took to convert …

Arugula is one of those plants that is so easy to save seeds from in the spring. Not only because one plant produces a ton of seed pods, but because each seed pod has a bunch of seeds in it. I usually sprinkle my arugula seeds in a row and then thin out the plants …

If you’re looking for a vibrant, low-maintenance way to cover bare spots in your garden and support pollinators, then creeping phlox might just be your new favorite plant! I know it’s one of my favorites. From its super early bloom time to its gorgeous green foliage all growing season long, creeping phlox checks a lot …