• Beginning A Garden,  Tips,  Vegetables

    How To Maintain Your Vegetable Garden

    Keeping a healthy garden requires regular attention and monitoring throughout the growing season.  The basics of sun, water, and nutrients are the easy part. When planting seeds or transplants matching the growing requirements to the garden’s microclimates is one key consideration. I take this one last opportunity to assess soil temperatures.  If I find they are a little below recommended temperature it helps me anticipate growth patterns. Get your soil thermometer here! I LOVE this one. Guide On What To Plant General Garden Maintenance Regular maintenance is ongoing. Soon after planting, mulching is beneficial. Mulch will help prevent weeds and helps keep moisture in the soil. When the seeds are…

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  • Recipes,  Tips

    Spring Salads

    Spring brings in some amazing produce and one of the best ways to enjoy it is in fresh salads.  From snap peas to spinach to radishes. Winter brought lots of roasting of butternut squash, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin.  As good as that was it gets a little old as I push into February. The days are getting longer and warmer. Spending time outside and not in the kitchen is welcomed in my house! I have put together some simple and quick spring salads which can get you out of the kitchen quick and outside working in the garden.  Salads are a great go to meal for a nutritionally packed menu…

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