Herbs are savory and aromatic plants, grown for flavoring, fragrance, and medicine. About as easygoing as can be, most herbs will thrive with very little intervention from the gardener. They require less water and fertilizer than many other garden plants, and are also generally pest-free. Because herbs act as natural pest repellents for the garden,…
Copper is a friendly metal, isn’t it? It has such a beautiful, warm glow and charm to it. I mean, come on, it’s even one of Julie Andrews’s favorite things – bright copper kettles. The image of a bright copper kettle feels homey and welcoming. Now you need to grow a tea garden so you…
You’ve built yourself a raised bed (or maybe you’ve put together one of these ready made kits), you’ve avoided all the common raised bed mistakes, but now it’s time to start filling with healthy growing medium so you can enjoy abundant harvests in summer. But what exactly do you fill it with? Let’s take a…
Once you start growing a garden, you will keep finding more reasons to add more and more diverse plants. That’s just the way it works. You get excited by growing and eating nasturtiums, then you move onto even more colorful, nutritious and edible flowers. Next, you start filling in the gaps with everlasting perennials that…
