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We're a beginner-friendly place to learn how to grow organic fruit, vegetables, and herbs. In this section, you will find:

  • Raised bed gardening: We grow all our vegetables in raised beds and are experts in this gardening technique. Learn how to plan, build, and maintain your raised bed garden for flourishing vegetables.
  • Home garden tips: Tips, tricks, and info to make gardening fun and easy.
  • Seed starting: From basic to advanced, we cover selecting seeds, starting them indoors, and even saving your very own fruit and vegetable seeds.
  • Composting and fertilizer: Nourish your soil using organic gardening methods such as composting. Learn the basics of starting a compost pile, winter composting, organic fertilizer, and more.
  • Tools and equipment: What basic gardening tools do you need? We discuss hand tools, equipment, and even gardening clothing.
  • Butterfly gardens:  Nourish your body with organic edibles, but be sure to nourish your soul by planting flowers to attract butterflies!

Gardening is an ongoing journey. There is always something new to learn, explore, and experience.

How King Montezuma’s Favorite Plant Became the Christmas Poinsettia

Growing Amaryllis

And They’re Off – Seed Catalogs Already Arriving

Christmas cactus

Christmas Cactus Care

Phaelanopsis Orchid Still Blooming Two Years Later

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Fall Color in the Garden

Why Do Leaves Change Color in the Fall?

Cool Weather Is Coming – Are Your House Plants Ready?

Financial Savings of Organic Gardening

Rose of Sharon

Growing Rose of Sharon, a Beautiful Easy Care Shrub

New Blooms in the Flower Garden-Rose of Sharon Bush

Gardening with Children

Gardening as Meditation

Conserving Water in the Garden

Memorial Gardens, or Remembering Loved Ones Through Plants

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June Gardening Tips: Everything You Need to Do in Your Garden This Month

I’m sharing these June gardening tips for gardening zone 7B. However, you can easily adapt them to your gardening zone. June is one of those months that feels like there’s so much to do in the garden you don’t know where to start. Fortunately, nature gives you extra-long days and plenty of sunshine! Whether you…

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Growing Ginger in the Home Garden

Growing ginger is fun. I was surprised to learn that I could grow ginger in Zone 7B, central Virginia. I attended a lecture by Ann Codrington of Nisani Farms several years ago. She discussed growing both ginger and turmeric. Her farm is in Maryland, but I discovered that both plants can be grown in both…

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Companion Planting with Herbs: Your Secret Weapon for a Healthier, Happier Garden

Every summer, without fail, I plant basil at the end of the raised beds. These are the beds filled with Roma tomatoes, the ones we harvest by the bushel to make our salt-free organic tomato sauce. My tomatoes thrive. “Did you know that basil repels aphids?” an organic gardener friend mentioned to me casually one…

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Growing vs. Wild Foraging Medicinal Herbs: My Perspective

Growing vs. wild foraging medicinal herbs is a real concern among newbie herbalists. The other day, I shared pictures of my herb seedlings (mallow, parsley, and savory) on Facebook. A nervous nellie immediately wrote, “I would be so AFRAID to do that! How can you know they are safe?” Well, first of all, parsley and…

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