How to Start a Garden
Learn how to garden from an experienced gardener! Browse how-to articles, growing guides, and get expert gardening tips so that you can start your garden and get an amazing harvest!
Growing Guides
Learn how to grow different fruits and veggies! This includes choosing the right varieties, how to start your own seeds, and tips and tricks to growing in your garden.
How to Grow Broccoli from Seed
Do you want to learn how to grow broccoli from seed for your backyard vegetable garden? Keep reading for all the tips and tricks to growing amazing broccoli! Broccoli is a delicious and nutritious vegetable that is easy to grow in your own garden. If you are a...
How to Grow Hibiscus
Do you want to bring tropical colors to your garden? Learn how to grow hibiscus for an amazing show of huge flowers! If you're looking for a tropical plant that will add some color to your garden, hibiscus is a great option. With their huge, dinner-plate sized...
How to Plant Hyacinth Bulbs
Do you love a spring flower garden full of color? Learn how to plant hyacinth bulbs for a beautiful and colorful addition to your spring garden. Hyacinths are one of my very favorite spring bulb flowers- mostly due to their scent. It's just the best fragrance...
How to Grow Kale from Seed in Your Vegetable Garden
Do you love eating fresh kale? Learn how to grow kale from seed in your garden for a continuous harvest of this amazing vegetable! Kale is a nutritional powerhouse, packed with vitamins and minerals that can help you stay healthy. Growing kale from seed is easy to do,...
How to Grow Tulips from Bulbs
Do you love a spring flower garden full of color? Learn how to grow tulips from bulbs for a beautiful and colorful addition to your spring garden. Tulips are one of the most popular flowers in the world and they're not difficult to grow. They come in all sorts of...
How to Grow Cilantro in Your Garden
Cilantro is an easy to grow herb that is perfect for gardeners of all levels. Learn how to grow cilantro in your garden and never buy it again! With minimal effort, you can have a plentiful supply of this popular herb in your own backyard. You’ll be able to make your...
How to Grow Brussels Sprouts in Your Vegetable Garden
Are you ready to grow Brussels sprouts in your garden this year? Learn how to grow Brussels sprouts from seed to harvest! Brussels sprouts are a cruciferous vegetable in the brassica family. They are related to broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, and collards to...
How to Grow Catnip From Seed
Catnip (Nepeta cataria) is an easy to grow, perennial herb that is part of the mint family. Catnip is native to Europe and Asia but is now widely grown across North America. It can be grown as a perennial in Hardiness Zones 3-9, in cooler climates it can be a...
How to Grow Carrots from Seed- Everything You Need to Know!
Ready to try growing root vegetables? Learn how to grow carrots from seed in your vegetable garden! Carrots are a favorite crop to grow in the garden. They are beautiful, full of nutrition, and hold up well in storage. Carrots can be grown in both cool and warm...
How to Grow Okra From Seed to Harvest
Okra is a staple in many southern gardens. Learn how to grow okra in your garden, including seed starting, care, and harvest instructions! Okra is a warm-weather loving plant that is often grown in the southern United States. It thrives in hot summer climates and...
Growing Peas: How to Plant, Care, and Harvest
Have you considered growing peas in your garden? Learn how to grow peas from seed through harvest and try it out in your garden this spring! Peas are one of the most anticipated of all our garden crops. Maybe because they are one of the first things to be harvested...
How to Grow Calendula from Seed
In this article: Calendula is a medicinal herb with many uses, learn how to grow calendula in your own garden! Calendula is my very favorite herb/flower to grow in the garden. It's just so happy to look at, and it's got so many medicinal uses and benefits. Calendula,...
Growing Spinach in the Garden: From Seed to Harvest
In this article: Learn all about growing spinach in your backyard garden- including how to start from seed and when to harvest! Spinach probably doesn’t get as much notice as other cool weather crops like lettuce or cabbage, but it is actually one of the more hardy...
Growing Green Beans in Your Garden: Seed to Harvest
In this article: Growing green beans in the garden is simple. Learn all about how to grow beans from seed to harvest! I love growing green beans. Actually- I love growing all beans, and most of the varieties I grow aren’t even green! Green beans are an easy crop,...
Growing Radishes in Your Garden: Seed to Harvest
In this article: Growing radishes in the garden is great for all gardening levels. Learn how to grow radishes from seed to harvest. After a long, cold, dark winter there is one vegetable that I am just so happy to see. Radishes. They are bright and colorful and one of...
Quick Start Guide to Growing Peppers in Your Garden
In this article: Learn all you need to know about growing peppers in your garden. From starting peppers from seed, to growing tips, and when to harvest. Growing peppers is a lot of fun. They come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and flavors- and they are almost as fun as...
How to Grow Watermelon in Your Garden: From Seed to Harvest
In this article: Learn how to grow watermelon in your vegetable garden, plus how to start from seed and when to harvest. Watermelon is one of my favorite fruits to grow in my garden. With 6 kids, fruit gets eaten fast! So the more we can grow the less we have to buy....
Growing Rosemary in Your Herb Garden- Indoors or Out!
Rosemary has always been one of my favorite herbs. It is fragrant, and as useful and beneficial as it is beautiful! Growing rosemary is super easy, as is growing most herbs, and it is a perennial that will continue to produce and grow for many years with the correct...
How to Grow Lettuce from Seed in Your Vegetable Garden
Lettuce is a great, easy to grow crop for the garden. It’s suitable for almost all areas, and can be easily grown from seed Homegrown lettuce is so much tastier- and you can grow lettuce varieties that go past just romaine or iceberg lettuce! Whether you want to enjoy...
The Ultimate Guide for Growing Squash in Your Garden
Growing squash is one of the most rewarding crops you can plant in your vegetable garden. And, luckily, squash is also one of the most simple crops to grow- whether you are a beginner or have years of gardening experience. Squash is a cucurbit- meaning it is in the...
Growing Basil in Your Backyard Garden
Basil is probably one of the most common herbs grow in backyard vegetable gardens. And for good reason! Growing basil has a ton of uses- from making amazing pesto to pairing well with tomatoes in both the garden and in dishes. Growing basil is super easy, and it keeps...
Troubleshooting Guides
Learn how to deal with and prevents problems with pests and disease in your garden.
Vegetable Varieties to Plant
Ready to expand your garden? Check out some of my favorite varieties and types of plants to grow in your garden this year!
The Companion Planting Guide & Binder
Stop Googling and start planting! Get all the most important companion planting information in one place, plus planning pages and record sheets so you can get the garden you’ve always dreamed of!
Companion Planting Guides
Learn all about companion planting and which plants make the best and worst neighbors!
Best Cabbage Companion Plants in the Vegetable Garden
Learn which crops are the best cabbage companion plants to increase your harvest, reduce pests, and improve cabbage flavor.
Best Basil Companion Plants for Your Backyard Garden
Are wondering what the best basil companion plants are for your garden? Here’s what you should plant with basil- and what should be kept away!
The Best Asparagus Companion Plants for Your Vegetable Garden
Do you love growing asparagus in your garden? Learn the best asparagus companion plants to get a better harvest with fewer pests and healthier plants!
The Best Okra Companion Plants for Your Vegetable Garden
Do you love growing okra in your vegetable garden? Learn the best okra companion plants to get a better harvest with fewer pests and healthier plants! Companion planting is more than just repelling pests in the garden- it's a way of planning and planting your garden...
9 Beneficial Insects for Your Garden + How to Attract Them
Is your garden overrun with pests? Learn about 9 beneficial insects for pest control plus how to attract them to your garden!
How to Use Trap Crops to Deter Pests in the Vegetable Garden
Using trap crops is a great, natural way to reduce pest. Learn how to use trap crops as part of your companion planting plan in your garden this year.
Companion Planting with Herbs in the Vegetable Garden
Herbs are sometimes overlooked in the vegetable garden, but learning to companion plant with herbs can help you reduce pests and get a better harvest!
11 Best Flowers for Your Vegetable Garden
Flowers are a great addition to any garden. Here are the top flowers for your vegetable garden to get all the benefits of planting flowers with your crops.
The Best Corn Companion Plants For Your Vegetable Garden
Learn which crops are the best corn companion plants to improve the growth and flavor in your corn as well as deter pests from eating your ears of corn!
The Best Garlic Companion Plants For Your Garden
Garlic is great to plant in your garden! Learn which crops are the best garlic companion plants to increase garden harvest, reduce pests, & improve flavor.
The Ultimate Guide to Companion Planting in Your Vegetable Garden
By learning the principles of companion planting you can create a beautiful garden full of crops that can are mutually beneficial to each other with more harvest and less pests.
The Best Tomato Companion Plants For Your Vegetable Garden
Grow better tomatoes by learning which crops are the best tomato companion plants to increase your tomato harvest, reduce pests, and improve flavor.
The Best Onion Companion Plants for Your Vegetable Garden
Learn which crops are the best companion plants for onions to increase your garden harvest, reduce pests, and improve flavor in your onions and other crops
How to Control Aphids: 9 Companion Plants That Repel Aphids
Aphids can destroy your crops and bring disease to your garden. Learn how to control aphids through companion planting and other natural measures.
The Best Companion Plants for Peppers in Your Backyard Garden
Companion planting can help your garden grow better. Learn which crops make the best companion plants for peppers in to improve flavor and deter pests!
The Best Potato Companion Plants for Your Backyard Garden
Companion plants can help improve your garden organically. Learn which are the best potato companion plants to grow alongside your potato bed!
The Best Eggplant Companion Plants for Your Backyard Garden
Companion planting with your eggplant can help your plants grow better. Learn what the best eggplant companion plants to plant for the best results.
The Best Squash Companion Plants for Your Backyard Garden
Learn which are the best squash companion plants to plant with both winter and summer squash varieties for a better harvest and less pests
All Gardening Articles
How to Collect Foxglove Seeds
Do you love planting foxgloves in your flower garden every year? Learn how to collect foxglove seeds so you can plant more every year!
How to Collect Snapdragon Seeds
Do you love planting snapdragons in your flower garden every year? Learn how to collect snapdragon seeds so you can plant more every year!
How to Collect Petunia Seeds
Do you love planting petunias in your flower garden every year? Learn how to collect petunia seeds so you can plant more every year!
Vego Garden Bed Review
Have you seen modular metal raised garden beds and wonder if they live up to the hype? Read my Vego Garden Bed review and see what these garden beds are really like!
10 Expert Ways to Keep Ants Out of Your Hummingbird Feeder
Do you love having hummingbird feeders, but hate the ants that come with them? Try these 10 ways to keep ants out of your hummingbird feeder today!
23 Tomato Growing Mistakes Made by Beginning Gardeners
Are you having trouble growing tomatoes? Learn about the most common tomato growing mistakes made by new (and seasoned!) gardeners.
Broccoli Plant Growing Stages (with Pictures!)
Do you grow broccoli in your garden- or want to learn how? Learn all about the broccoli plant growing stages to help you understand how broccoli grows.
How to Grow Broccoli from Seed
Do you want to learn how to grow broccoli from seed in your vegetable garden? Keep reading for all the tips and tricks to growing broccoli!
Best Cabbage Companion Plants in the Vegetable Garden
Learn which crops are the best cabbage companion plants to increase your harvest, reduce pests, and improve cabbage flavor.
Galvanized Raised Beds: Olle Garden Bed Review
Want to try galvanized raised beds in your vegetable garden? Read my Olle Garden Bed review and see why you need these beds in your garden!
How to Grow Cabbage from Seed
Are you looking to add cabbage to your garden this year? Learn how to grow cabbage from seed for fresh cabbage all season long!
Do Peas Need a Trellis?
If you’re growing peas in your garden, you may be wondering do peas need a trellis? Find out why they do and how to make one.
How to Grow Hibiscus
Do you want to bring tropical colors to your garden? Learn how to grow hibiscus for an amazing show of huge flowers!
How to Plant Hyacinth Bulbs
Do you love a spring flower garden full of color? Learn how to plant hyacinth bulbs for a beautiful and colorful addition to your spring garden.
How to Grow Kale from Seed in Your Vegetable Garden
Do you love eating fresh kale? Learn how to grow kale from seed in your garden for a continuous harvest of this amazing vegetable!
How to Grow Tulips from Bulbs
Do you love a spring flower garden full of color? Learn how to grow tulips from bulbs for a beautiful and colorful addition to your spring garden.
How to Grow Cilantro in Your Garden
Cilantro is an easy to grow herb that is perfect for gardeners of all levels. Learn how to grow cilantro in your garden and never buy it again!
How to Grow Brussels Sprouts in Your Vegetable Garden
Are you ready to grow Brussels sprouts in your garden this year? Learn how to grow Brussels sprouts from seed to harvest!
How to Save Marigold Seeds for Next Year
Do you plant marigolds in your flower or vegetable garden every year? Learn how to save marigold seeds so you can plant more every year!
How to Save Echinacea Seeds For Next Year
Do you love planting echinacea in your flower garden? Never buy plants again by learning how to save echinacea seeds for next year!
How to Save Zinnia Seeds for Next Year
Do you love planting zinnias in your flower garden every year? Learn how to save zinnia seeds so you can plant more every year!
Best Basil Companion Plants for Your Backyard Garden
Are wondering what the best basil companion plants are for your garden? Here’s what you should plant with basil- and what should be kept away!
The Best Asparagus Companion Plants for Your Vegetable Garden
Do you love growing asparagus in your garden? Learn the best asparagus companion plants to get a better harvest with fewer pests and healthier plants!
How to Save Okra Seeds
Do you grow okra in your garden? Saving okra seeds is an easy way to save money on seeds. Learn now to save okra seeds for planting next year!
11 Easy, DIY Cucumber Trellis Ideas
Cucumbers grow better and stay healthier when grown vertically. Here are 11 cucumber trellis ideas to help you grow your best cucumber ever!
How to Grow Catnip From Seed
Catnip is an easy to grow herb that is perfect for beginners (and cat lovers!) Learn how to grow catnip from seed for your garden!
How Many Bell Peppers Per Plant Will Your Garden Produce?
How many bell peppers will one plant give you? Learn the average yield per pepper plant and how to increase the number of peppers per plant!
How to Fill a Raised Garden Bed for Cheap!
Raised beds are great in the garden but expensive to fill. Here’s how to fill a raised garden bed for cheap- so you can save money on soil!
How to Water Your Garden Correctly
Is your garden suffering because you don’t know how to water it? Learn how to water your garden, including the best time to water and how often to water!
Garden Spacing: How Far Apart Should Plants Be in Your Garden
When planting your garden spacing can be one of the hardest things to put into action. Learn the correct vegetable plant spacing for a healthier garden!
How to Collect Cosmos Seeds to Save for Next Year
Do you love planting cosmos in your flower garden every year? Learn how to collect cosmos seeds so you can plant more every year!
The Best Okra Companion Plants for Your Vegetable Garden
Do you love growing okra in your vegetable garden? Learn the best okra companion plants to get a better harvest with fewer pests and healthier plants! Companion planting is more than just repelling pests in the garden- it's a way of planning and planting your garden...
Soil Nutrient Deficiencies and How to Fix Them
Is your garden not growing like it should be? Maybe it’s your soil! Here are some of the most common soil nutrient deficiencies- and how to fix them!
18 Easy Plants to Grow Inside During the Winter
Tired of only having fresh produce during the growing season? Here are more than 18 plants to grow inside during the winter for fresh food all year long!
How to Grow Carrots from Seed- Everything You Need to Know!
Ready to try growing root vegetables? Learn how to grow carrots from seed in your vegetable garden for a continual harvest all year long!
9 Types of Summer Squash to Grow This Year
So you love summer squash- either to grow or eat? Try out one of these 8 types of summer squash- from bush marrow to zucchini!
15 Common Edible Weeds You Probably Have in Your Yard
Edible weeds are a great way to increase the foods you grow- and consume- without any additional work on your part. Here’s a list of 15 edible weeds to try!
How to Harden Off Plants Before Transplanting to the Garden
Are you ready to plant your crops in the garden? Learn how to harden off plants before transplanting them to ensure a healthy transition to ouside life.
How to Get Rid of Tomato Hornworms Naturally
Are caterpillars eating all your tomatoes? Learn how to get rid of tomato hornworms in your organic vegetable garden with out using any chemicals!
Gardening for Beginners: 11 Gardening Mistakes to Avoid
Are you a beginning gardener? Here are 11 gardening mistakes commonly made by beginners- so you can avoid them and grow a better garden!
9 Beneficial Insects for Your Garden + How to Attract Them
Is your garden overrun with pests? Learn about 9 beneficial insects for pest control plus how to attract them to your garden!
#1 Way to Control Flea Beetles in the Organic Garden
Flea beetles are a garden pest that affects crops such as eggplant and brassicas. Here’s how to control and get rid of flea beetles naturally!
How to Use Trap Crops to Deter Pests in the Vegetable Garden
Using trap crops is a great, natural way to reduce pest. Learn how to use trap crops as part of your companion planting plan in your garden this year.
Companion Planting with Herbs in the Vegetable Garden
Herbs are sometimes overlooked in the vegetable garden, but learning to companion plant with herbs can help you reduce pests and get a better harvest!
5 Calorie Crops Your Survival Garden Must Have
If you want control of your food security, your garden should fill all your calorie needs. Here are 5 calorie crops everyone needs in their survival garden.
11 Best Flowers for Your Vegetable Garden
Flowers are a great addition to any garden. Here are the top flowers for your vegetable garden to get all the benefits of planting flowers with your crops.
6 Ways to Get Rid of Potato Beetles in Your Garden- Naturally!
Are potato beetles destroying your garden crops? Here’s how to get rid of potato beetles naturally in your organic garden without using chemicals!
21 Crops You Can Grow in Containers on Your Deck or Balcony!
Want to grow your own food, but don’t have any land? Here are 21 different crops you can grow in containers so you can garden no matter where you live!
How to Grow Okra From Seed to Harvest
Okra is a staple in many southern gardens. Learn how to grow okra in your garden, including seed starting, care, and harvest instructions!
Growing Peas: How to Plant, Care, and Harvest
Have you considered growing peas in your garden? Learn how to grow peas from seed through harvest and try it out in your garden this spring!
How to Collect Calendula Seeds to Save for Next Year
Calendula is an amazing medicinal herb. Learn how to collect calendula seeds for next year and never buy calendula seeds again!
How to Attract Hummingbirds to Your Garden and Hummingbird Feeders
Learn how to attract hummingbirds to your garden! Follow these 7 tips to attract more hummingbirds to your feeders and your yard.
Easy Homemade Hummingbird Nectar Recipe (plus FAQ and Tips)
Learn how to make your own hummingbird food with this simple hummingbird nectar recipe! Plus tips on how to use nectar and attract more hummingbirds.
How to Grow Calendula from Seed
Calendula is am amazing medicinal herb with many uses. Learn how to grow calendula in your own garden from seed to use in salves, balms, and tea.
What Does a Watermelon Plant Look Like: A Visual Guide
Get the answer to the question What does a watermelon plant look like? Plus how to tell the difference between watermelon and cucumber plants.
How to Get Rid of Spider Mites Naturally!
Spider mites can cause a lot of problems in the garden and on houseplants. Learn how to get rid of spider mites for good using natural, organic methods!
The Best Corn Companion Plants For Your Vegetable Garden
Learn which crops are the best corn companion plants to improve the growth and flavor in your corn as well as deter pests from eating your ears of corn!
The Best Garlic Companion Plants For Your Garden
Garlic is great to plant in your garden! Learn which crops are the best garlic companion plants to increase garden harvest, reduce pests, & improve flavor.
The Ultimate Guide to Companion Planting in Your Vegetable Garden
By learning the principles of companion planting you can create a beautiful garden full of crops that can are mutually beneficial to each other with more harvest and less pests.
11 Easiest Vegetables to Grow for Beginning Gardeners
Learn which are the easiest vegetables to grow if you are a beginning gardener, plus guides on how to grow each of them and tips to get started!