Radishes are quick growing cool season veggies that can be used in a variety of meals with a good nutritional profile. Here is some useful information about radishes to inspire you: With their quick days to maturity and nutritional profile radishes are a great vegetable to add to any garden in the cool season. Since…
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3 Way to Protect Your Plants From Hail
Colorado weather can change in a matter of minutes, being prepared can save your plants from being destroyed by heavy rain or hail. Having systems in place can mean having a thriving garden or losing all your plants. In a pinch anything you can use to cover your plants will work as long it it…
6 Medicinal Herbs For Small Space Gardens That Are Easy To Grow From Seed
Growing medicinal herbs is a fabulous way to bring pollinators and beauty to your garden while also being able to create wonderful herbal preparations with your harvests. One major benefit of growing your own medicinal herbs is that you know the conditions your plants were grown in. You’ll know exactly when they were harvested, the…
Gardening With Kids
Teaching kids to garden can be such a wonderful experience that can create memories for life. When I was a little girl my mom had us grow carrots and cucumbers and other things that were easy. We also had grape vines along the side fence. She wanted to make sure her kids knew where food…
5 Common Raised Bed Garden Mistakes
Growing in containers and raised beds is something I highly recommend unless you are growing on acres. For years I battled weeds, specifically bindweed, amongst others in my in ground, no dig beds. Every year, I knew what I was facing, but the desire to have a garden and grow fresh food won. I knew…
Growing A Gardener
Growing a gardener versus growing a garden is really what gardening is all about in reality. The lessons we glean from gardening can be directly transferred into all areas of life. I want to share some things the garden can teach us to help us grow. If we focus on growing a garden and not…
Herbs I Am Growing This Year (A Short List)
If you are signed up to receive my weekly love letter you will know that I am taking a deep dive into herbalism with the 1,000 Hour Herbal Immersion Program with Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine. I have loved herbs for years and have taken courses over time with various herbalists and herbal schools, but…
Ideas For Creating Your Garden Journal
Last week I shared seasonal journal prompts, this week I want to share with you how you can create your own garden journal. I am sharing topics/headings you can add to your garden journal to help you keep track of your gardening journey, goals, setbacks, planting times, etc. You may think that you will remember,…
What Does A Garden Coach Do?
What does a garden coach do and how can they help you reach your gardening goals? This is a question some people ask when they find out that I am a Certified Gardenary Garden Coach. My simple answer is that I help people with their gardens. The truth is that is a very watered down…
Lessons From The Garden
The garden may start out simply as a place to grow food, flowers and herbs. It may start as a place to grow some food for your family, so you can have garden fresh tomatoes or fresh herbs. It may be a place to gather cut flowers for your dining table, but in time you…
Gardening: Start Small and Utilize Square Foot Gardening Spacing Guidelines
If you are completely new to gardening, but really want to get started, the best advice I can give you is to start small. Starting with a smaller sized garden sets you up for success. It allows you to get started without becoming overwhelmed with a much larger amount of space to care for. It…
No Dig Day 2022
On November 3, 2022 we celebrated the first annual No Dig Day, created by Charles Dowding. No dig gardening is a method of gardening that involves no digging or tilling of the soil to maintain a healthy network of living soil full of beneficial microbes and . Soil health is the foundation of all health…