Planting With A Purpose: Bettering Our Community and Our Health One Plant At A Time

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How to Read a Seed Packet: What All That Info Means

You can find seeds really anywhere you can buy groceries for the most part, but have you ever stopped and wondered what each piece of info really means? I’m going...

Common Gardening Mistakes Beginners Make—and How to Avoid Them

All of us as gardeners are going to make mistakes. They are normal, and gardening just like any skill or hobby is a learning journey that we never stop being students of...

Need Support? Let’s Talk Trellising: Growing Vertical

So a while back I made a post about starting some tomato plans from seed. At that time the only thing that I’s successfully grown are aloe vera, a plethora of...

Shade vs Sunlight, What We Need To Know And Why Does It Matter?

Whenever you are planning your garden no matter where you live, your growing space is limited to your plan so every inch matters. Other than water and air sunlight can...

Am I Over or Under Watering? Finding the Balance

Along with sunlight and air, water has to be one of the most important things that your plants need in order to grow. This is especially true when you are trying to grow...

What’s Going On? Mushrooms In My Snake Plant? Why That Is and What To Do.

So, a couple of days ago, I went to do my daily watering of my plants and lo and behold I found some mushrooms popping out of the soil of right next to my snake plants...

Starting Small? Grow Succulents! The Real DIY Plants

Don’t know where to start when it comes to your plant journey? Try succulents! Succulents are a great type of plant to start with when you are beginning your...

10 Easy & Simple Projects You Can Do At Home with Little to No Space

If you are anything like me, you want to begin your gardening/homesteading journey as soon as possible, but you might not have the space to start all of the large...

Companion Planting Tomatoes and Basil From Seed in Zone 8b.

So, we all want to grow as many plants, fruits, and vegetables as possible right? Me too, but as I am learning and doing my research, I am understanding more and more...

Planting With A Purpose: Bettering Our Community and Our Health One Plant At A Time

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