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    Featured | Growing Food | Projects

    DIY PVC Pipe Cold Frame

    Hey all! Today we’re talking about a super quick and easy garden DIY to help you extend your growing season. I have a post about how to make low tunnels/hoop…

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    Projects

    Easy Large DIY Hanging Wire Trellis

    Hey all! A few months ago I wrote about choosing a vinyl privacy fence over a standard wooden privacy fence. The fence is gorgeous, easy to keep clean, and doesn’t…

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    Projects

    DIY In-Ground Worm Composting Bin

    We are huge fans of composting! We have large bins in the back of our yard for leaves and yard waste—I shared those in my post about How to Make…

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  • beautiful vegetable garden
    Growing Food

    How to Start a Vegetable Garden

    Today we’re getting back to basics and covering everything a complete beginner needs to know about starting a vegetable garden. Because that’s a question I get often…how do I start…

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  • saving zinnia seeds
    Growing Food | Tips & Tricks

    5 Sources I Get Seeds From

    Have you ever gotten a seed catalog in the mail?? There’s nothing like getting a beautiful seed catalog in the mail to make you drop some serious cash on seeds….

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  • seed starting with shop lights and grow lights
    Growing Food | Tips & Tricks

    Shop Lights vs. Grow Lights for Starting Seeds

    Wondering if those cheap shop lights from the hardware store can really grow your plants? Or if you actually need to spend more on full-spectrum grow lights? I love saving…

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  • filling a raised bed with soil
    Featured | Tips & Tricks

    How to Save Money Filling Raised Beds

    Today we’re talking about how to fill a big raised garden bed without breaking the bank. Because even though I said I was done putting in raised garden beds…I think…

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  • shoveling soil
    Tips & Tricks

    How to Make Potting Soil

    If you use a lot of potting soil when gardening, you know that you can end up spending a lot of money very quickly when buying it in bags. But…

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  • greenstalk
    Tours

    All About My GreenStalk Vertical Garden

    Hey all! Today I have a product review for you. If you’ve been on Instagram or YouTube and gone down the gardening rabbit hole, you’ve probably encountered the GreenStalk vertical…

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  • sage cuttings rooting in soil
    Growing Food

    How to Root Sage Cuttings

    Sage is one of those plants that you either love or hate the smell of. While I don’t eat a ton of sage, I love the smell of it! And…

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  • seeds in cells
    Growing Food

    How to Start Seeds

    Today’s post really gets back to basics, because I’m walking you through how I start my seeds indoors. If you’re wanting to start gardening and starting some seeds, you might…

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  • black swallowtail butterfly
    Growing for Nature | Tips & Tricks

    Raising Black Swallowtail Butterflies

    I am really excited to share something a bit different today…a post about how to raise black swallowtail butterflies! Our focus this year has been largely on adding butterfly-friendly plants…

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