If you’ve ever tried those store-bought seed starting mixes, some of them can be of great quality and texture, while others not so much. They’re also generic and may not have the nutrients, texture, or drainage you’re looking for. In this article, I’m going to teach you how to make your own seed-starting soil at…
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,…
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…
If you’ve been following my gardening work for a while now, you’ll know that I’m a huge fan and advocate of growing berry bushes. However, I realized I haven’t talked much about Blackberries for some reason despite the fact that they’ve been a summer staple in my “garden” for a very long time. So, in…
Back when I was young, I noticed my gardener mom would always plant the same kind of vegetables in her backyard garden in April. I never got to ask her why she specifically chose April! Now I know it has to do with the warmer soil temperatures and milder weather that the month brings. If you’re…
March is generally believed to be the ideal planting time for most vegetables out there. That’s because this month usually brings an end to frosts, meaning one can plant seeds directly into the ground outdoors and grow them without hindrance from the cold. If you wish to make your garden more productive this March but…