Culinary Herbs I Love To Grow

Herbs are a fantastic addition to just about any meal. They can offer additional nutritional benefits beyond the main ingredients. They can also add a boost of flavor! I always suggest adding herbs where you can in your kitchen garden. I also suggest planting your favorite herbs in a planter under bright lights for the…

3 Multi-Harvest Crops For The Spring Garden

The spring garden is full of so much potential. It is the time of year when we can start having larger harvests from the garden. I enjoy the cool season garden because it can be filled with so many nourishing foods. There are many cool season crops that can be grown before our last frost…

Gardening Advice For Beginners Part 1 of Many

You don’t know what you don’t know. This is a great saying that can be tied to anything in life, especially gardening. As a beginning gardener there is so much to learn, I would also say that even as an experienced gardener there is always more to learn, try and experiment with. Learning from someone…

Happy Garlic Day!

Happy Garlic Day! Garlic is an easy to grow nutritional powerhouse! I love growing this culinary and medicinal herb. I add it to almost all of my meal prep as well as to wellness infusions, etc. when someone may have a cold or other illness. It is an excellent source of manganese and vitamin B6,…

Intentionally Finding an Online Mentor

How many gardeners or homesteaders do you follow on social media? Whether it’s Instagram, YouTube or Facebook, there are so many experts, influencers, coaches, consultants, bloggers, etc. all vying for your attention. It can be pretty overwhelming, especially since there are as many ways to garden and homestead as there are gardeners and homesteaders! I…

Holistic Seasonal Wellness Ideas for Your Garden Harvests and Farm Goods

Holistic seasonal wellness starts in the garden, CSA pick up, local farm stand, farmers market, community garden plot/allotment and kitchen. Beyond delicious nutrient dense seasonal meals there is so much more to be made from garden harvests and farm goods for holistic seasonal wellness! I hope these ideas spark your creativity and inspire you to…

Plant Families That Do Well in the Cool Season

Cool season crops are probably some of my favorites to grow. Yes I love a good homegrown tomato like most any other person, but cool season crops can be so good too. You can create so many meals with cool season crops because the options are many. I think my love for them also comes…

Nourishing Your Bliss: Spring Edition

“Nourishing Your Bliss” was a tagline I had for years before switching my tagline to “Helping You Grow in the Garden, Kitchen & Beyond” a few years ago. If you look at the hashtag #nourishingyourbliss on Instagram you will find a good selection of my posts featuring gardening, nutrition, food and even perimenopause support. I…

Inspiration For A Spring Kitchen Reset

Setting up your kitchen for spring ensures you will be organized and ready for all the wonderful food ingredients that are becoming available either from your garden, local farmer or foraged. By now you are probably so excited for a change in ingredients from the winter season, I know I am! With the change of…

Feeling A Deep Connection to Your Garden

I believe gardening can change the world. Every time I say this I think of Avatar The Last Airbender and hear it in Kataras voice exactly like the way she says, “But I believe that Ang can save the world.” This is probably because this show was a family favorite when my boys were younger….

Seeds I’m Starting In March

The month of March is really the kick off to the growing season around here. There are some things already sown in seed pots or soil blocks before March. March is when we really start sowing seeds including those first few rounds we will succession sow throughout the growing season for my location. (This doesn’t…