Mistakes I’ve made. When it comes to gardening mistakes can happen all the time I know I make my own mistakes both in the garden and out. Learning from the mistakes we have made or seen other make can shorten our learning time. I am grateful to those who share their garden mistakes in the…
Tag: Beginner Garden
Growing Confidence in the Garden: Helpful Tips
Being okay with where your garden is at any given moment can be hard as a beginner gardener. There are so many wonderful gardening and homesteading accounts to follow on social media. The problem with this as a beginning gardener is that there is a tendency to compare your garden to theirs. It is important…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Remembering Your Why in 2024
This is a subject I like to touch on from time to time as a little reminder to focus on the foundation of growing as a gardener. Finding your why, knowing your reason why you make time to grow food for your family when things get tough, busy, too cold or dark to grow anything…
Beyond Gardening Basics: Setting Goals for Your Gardening Season
Every gardening season whether it’s your first or your 50th it’s a good idea to to set goals for what you want to do, learn, experiment with in the garden. Every season offers new opportunities to learn something new, to grow and stretch your skills, experience and insights about growing your own food, flowers and…
January Garden Planning & Preparation Tasks
January is a time full of hope and excitement in relation to the garden. Seed catalogs are arriving in a steady fashion. The list of things I want to grow in the coming gardening season can really add up. Thankfully this is the time where I make sure that my growing season plans are well…
What I’m Doing in the Garden in July
July in the garden is a time filled with lots of activities and tasks. Below is a list of just some of the things I am doing in my garden throughout July to keep the garden happy and producing lots of food, flowers and herbs. Somethings are helping keep pest pressure down as well as…
Garden Inspiration: Look Back to Move Ahead
Feeling overwhelmed by the ever growing and bountiful garden? Think back to those cold, dreary winter days when you were dreaming of the gardening season. Remember how you couldn’t wait for the ground to thaw enough to sow those first early cool season seeds? Think back to the excitement you had looking through all the…
Candice Cullen Holistic Nutritionist, Herbalist, Culinary Nutrition Expert & Garden Coach 