February is the month I stop thinking about gardening and actually start doing it again. Even if it’s still cold outside, this is when indoor seed starting finally makes sense for a lot more crops than it did in January. After testing different start dates over the years (and comparing notes with my aunt in Zone 3,…
Have cabbage worms been annoying the crap out of you? Yeah…same… Recently, there’s been a huge cabbage worm infestation in my mom’s garden, and our entire cabbage and kale patch was affected by it. In this article, I’ll walk you through all the ways we handled the situation and how her garden is completely pest-free now. …
I rarely need to buy vegetables from the store thanks to my mom’s backyard’s abundant yields, but the other day, while grabbing Oreo cupcakes for a sweet craving, I stumbled into the fresh vegetable section, and I was stunned by the prices! That one grocery store visit, combined with rising inflation, inspired this article. Here are…
All of you lazy gardeners out there, listen up! Do you want to get more produce without having to replant your crops? Well, cut-and-come-again vegetables may be the perfect choice for your garden. Here are 9 vegetables you can harvest multiple times throughout the growing season to have a continuous supply: 9. Lettuce Not only…
Are you looking to have continuous harvests but don’t want to go through the hassle of replanting crops every year/season? Well, planting perennials is the way to go for you then. These are plants that have a life cycle of multiple years and can grow back without needing to be replanted. Here are 11 perennial…
February is coming up, and a lot of you folks have been asking me to make another USDA zones based gardening guide. Well, you want it, you got it! Here’s everything you can plant in February in zones 1-10: Zone 1-3: Seed Starting & Garden Planning Since zones 1-3 tend to be too cold to…