Gardening Tips

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Grow vegetables year round
Don't let winter or frost kill your garden! Learn how to grow vegetables all year long in zone 7a, 7b, 8a, and 8b.
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Quick Guide to Dehydrating Herbs
Learning how to dry herbs is the perfect way to enjoy your herb garden year round. Varied methods of hanging, using a drying rack, or drying in a dehydrator or oven can preserve your harvest. Have homemade dried herbs stored in jars for teas, seasonings, and more.
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Micro Homesteading for Beginners | Start Your Backyard Homestead
Curious about micro homesteading for beginners? Discover how to start a backyard homestead or try urban homesteading even with limited space. Learn tips for starting a homestead and practical advice for homesteading on a budget or on just one acre. #Homesteading #SelfSufficiency #BackyardFarming
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How to Propagate Dahlias Through Cuttings
Dahlias are the top choice for any cut-flower garden, but the most popular and rare varieties can get expensive. Check out my simple method for propagating dahlias from cuttings. It’s beginner-friendly and practically foolproof. Fill your garden with these stunning flowers for free this season.
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Gardening with Kids: Fun & Easy Ways to Get Started!
Looking for fun gardening for kids ideas? Create a kid-friendly garden, explore toddler garden activities, and grow easy vegetables to grow with kids. Learn how to make gardening fun for kids while enjoying the benefits of gardening with kids! Plus, grab a garden planner for kids and garden printables for kids. #gardeningwithkids #homesteading
light pink, dark pink and white cosmos flowers in a field with the sun shining in the background, along with bright blue bachelor buttons, sunflowers, and zinnias - some of the best flowers for a spring garden
Best Spring Garden Flowers - Easy Annual Companion Flowers to Grow
Cosmos, zinnia, sunflowers... Looking for spring garden flower ideas? Come see the 7 best easy-to-grow annual flowers for your spring and summer garden, photos included. These annual companion flowers are beautiful, attract pollinators, and are easy to grow from seed or plant as seedlings. Growing tips included, along with our favorite varieties of each!
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The Best Way to Plant Tomatoes for Huge Plants + Yields
Come learn the BEST way to plant tomatoes for huge plants and harvests! Our guide on planting tomatoes can be used in raised garden beds, containers, or in the ground, including tips for how deep to plant tomato plants, soil prep like what type of fertilizer or other amendments to add to the planting hole, and the best companion plants for tomatoes. We also bust myths about planting tomatoes with eggshells or epsom salts... which doesn't work!
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Beginners Guide to Square Foot Gardening
Beginners Guide to Square Foot Gardening
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8 Steps to Prepare Your Garden for Winter
These eight steps can help you to prepare your garden for the winter and get ready for another gardening season in the spring. #gardening #gardeningtips #homesteading
9 just-built new wood raised garden beds in tidy rows, full of soil without any plants in them, followed by an image of them a year later full of vegetable plants and flowers, with the wood slightly faded and greyed with time
How to Build DIY Raised Garden Beds - Layout, Plans, Ideas
Come learn how to build DIY raised garden beds with our easy step-by-step guide, photos and video included. Our raised garden bed plans can be adapted to a wide variety of sizes, layouts, and styles. DIY raised planter boxes make your backyard farming dreams come true! They're attractive, sturdy, functional, and ergonomic, making it easy to grow your own food without weeds, and less pests.
Seedling trays with small sprouted plants, along with a calendar chart that shows when to start seeds each month for every growing zone
When to Start Seeds Indoors - Free Seed Starting Calendar for Every Zone
Wondering when to start seeds indoors? Come get a free printable seed starting schedule for every growing zone! Our garden planting calendar chart shows the best time to start seeds indoors, transplant seedlings outside, or direct sow (plant seeds) outside - for dozens of different vegetables for every USDA hardiness zone 2 through 12.
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How to Start Seeds Indoors - Beginner's Guide from Start to Finish
Come learn everything you need to know about starting seeds indoors! This beginner's guide covers how and when to start seeds indoors, the supplies you'll need, best grow lights to use, and step-by-step tips from how to plant seeds and care for young seedlings - until it's time to plant them in your garden. Follow our indoor seed starting set up and expert advice to grow big, healthy seedlings! Start seeds in a garage, spare room, shelf, shed, greenhouse...
A half wine barrel planter with tall turmeric leaves growing out of the top, and a second image of a man holding a large bowl full of homegrown turmeric, just harvested.
How to Grow Turmeric in Pots in Any Zone or Climate
Come learn how to grow turmeric in pots or containers - in any climate or growing zone! This guide covers everything you need to know, including how to grow turmeric from seed (rhizomes), the best size pots to use, how to start indoors, ongoing care, and when and how to harvest turmeric - in your very own backyard vegetable garden! I even include how to preserve turmeric, like making homegrown dry turmeric powder.
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11 Practical Tips For How to Organize Seeds The Right Way
Looking for simple ideas about how to organize seeds the best way? Garden organization doesn't have to be complicated and these 11 DIY seed organization ideas are the perfect way to store your garden seeds away from pests and humidity. Learn how to use seed storage binders, seed storage containers, and DIY seed storage upcycling ideas for budget friendly gardening solutions. Also sharing ideas about garden organization ideas DIY, seed organizer, ideas for seed storage and plant seed organization.
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10 Crucial Backyard Gardening Safety Rules You May Not Know
Learn from my mistakes and get the most important gardening safety tips to make the most of the upcoming gardening season! This post shares 10 incredibly important gardening tips for beginners to enjoy backyard gardening and be safe and comfortable while doing it. Can't wait to share these gardening hacks for keeping your gardening tools clean, gardening outfits, and more! Also sharing ideas about gardening hacks DIY, gardening hacks for beginners, and backyard gardening ideas.