A very common complaint among seed starting gardeners is that their pet, whether cat or dog, gets into the seedlings and eats a bunch of them. Learn how to grow your own cat grass and give your pet something other than your seedlings to nibble on. With spring seed starting in full swing right now,… Continue reading How to Grow Cat Grass and Protect Your Seedlings
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How to Save Tomato Seeds the Easy Way
We don’t plant enough seeds. There is magic in planting randomly collected seeds and seeing how they flourish, grow, and produce. Learning how to save tomato seeds is a simple and easy way to begin a seed planting adventure. It’s great for kids too! One of my greatest joy’s in ninja gardening is planting seeds.… Continue reading How to Save Tomato Seeds the Easy Way
Seed Starting for Newbies
Seed starting is fun, challenging, and usually less expensive than buying plant starts from a store. You can grow whatever variety you want, of whatever you want, and have access to a wealth of heritage, heirloom, and open pollinated plant varieties. Seed starting is also an epic way to get kids involved in gardening magic.… Continue reading Seed Starting for Newbies
How to Save Pepper Seeds: A Pepper Growing Adventure
Sweet peppers are one of the simplest plants to learn how to save seeds from. Learn how to save pepper seeds, and grow your own sweet peppers by following along with this little adventure. You don’t need to rush out and buy any fancy seed packages to grow your own mini sweet peppers, or bell… Continue reading How to Save Pepper Seeds: A Pepper Growing Adventure
Is a Zero Mile Diet even Possible?
Recently I was reading the book “The Zero Mile Diet.” It’s basic premise is that the closer to home food grows, the better. Another take on this is the “100 mile diet” where all food consumed is sourced within 100 miles from home. With lock downs in 2020, a lot of what my family ate… Continue reading Is a Zero Mile Diet even Possible?
Getting Your Spring Garden off to a Quick Start
Whether you have an established garden, are making a new garden, or are gardening in containers. Spring is gardening season, and these spring garden quick start ideas can help you get quick spring wins. I live in a warm zone four, or a cool zone five. With a yard that has been used for gardening,… Continue reading Getting Your Spring Garden off to a Quick Start
Ninja Gardening 101
Ninja gardening is a garden technique that by-passes normal roadblocks, in a quest to grow something, anything, with the time and space you have. When you begin gardening, you may be overwhelmed by the seed varieties, container options, gardening books, and how-to’s that abound. People talk about loamy soil, ideal lighting and sunlight amounts, garden… Continue reading Ninja Gardening 101