5 plants to grow for a bee-friendly garden
Bee Friendly Garden If you’re looking to harvest an edible crop, or want to grow beautiful flowers and ornamental shrubs, pollinators will most likely play an important role in your…
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Support your local farmers! Includes free printable
Farm fresh goodness The season has just flown by! I love garden posts and usually do at least a couple every summer. However, this year I’ve been busy with my…
Free Printables, Healthy Food, Lifestyle
Join the Farm to Table movement! Includes free printable
What is farm-to-table? The harvest is on, and chances are good that you’ll find your favorite fruits and veggies fresh and ready to enjoy right now. In recent posts, I’ve…
Free Printables, Healthy Food, Lifestyle
3 simple ways to buy farm fresh produce – includes free printable
Understanding where your food comes from, trying to bolster local farmers and local economies and having a better connection to the food around you and the people around you, only good…
5 great reasons to grow your own food
A healthy lifestyle includes eating lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, and there’s no better way to get fresh produce than from your own garden. If you’re still on the…
Design, Free Printables, Gardening
Favorite Garden Quotes and a pretty new ‘Nurturing Garden’ printable
We might think we are nurturing our garden, but of course it’s our garden that is really nurturing us. ~ Jenny Uglow It’s that garden time of year! Whether you’re…
Gardening, Healthy Lifestyle, Wellness
The Healing Benefits of a Garden
“Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.” ~ May Sarton The…
Why you need flowers in your veggie garden
It’s no secret I love flowers, but beyond their beauty flowers have some excellent traits that make them the perfect companions for a vegetable garden. Many help attract pollinators, or…
6 Easy Herbs for Beginning Gardeners
I am no master gardener, especially when it comes to growing herbs outdoors. In the past they’ve either bolted too quick or not done so great. So, this year I’ve…