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…
Tag: Flowers
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…
Seed Buying Tips
It is always such and exciting time when it comes to shopping for seeds. You can easily get overwhelmed by all the choices, companies and trends. These seed buying tips can bring you more ease and possibly save you some money when it comes time to purchase your seeds for the coming season. You may…
Four of My Favorite Cut Flowers for the Kitchen Garden
Growing flowers in and amongst your kitchen garden is highly beneficial for so many reasons. Flowers bring pollinators and beauty to your kitchen garden. You’ll notice that beneficial insects help with pest pressure. This is incredibly important when you want to grow holistically and utilize organic gardening principles. I love growing flowers, especially cut flowers…
5 Annual Flowers For the Kitchen Garden
Incorporating flowers into raised beds can help bring pollinators to the garden. There are many ways to do this. Some people add a border of flowers around the edge of the kitchen garden or pots surrounding the garden, others add flowers to the raised beds. Flowering herbs are also great picks with the added bonus…
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…
My Must Grow Plants: Flowers
I absolutely love growing flowers all around my yard, wherever I can. I make sure that each year I have a variety of flowers that bloom at different times of the year to support pollinators throughout the season. I keep dandelions in my yard, they make for great plant medicine as well as food for…
Candice Cullen Holistic Nutritionist, Herbalist, Culinary Nutrition Expert & Garden Coach 