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April 22, 2021April 23, 2021Growing Food, Growing Guides

Strawberries: How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!

Strawberries are one of our favorite things to grow! The sweetness and flavor in home-grown strawberries simply can’t be beaten! They’re easy to grow and will come back year after year and continue to spread. Strawberries are one of the few plants that we don’t even attempt to grow from seed. It takes up to three years for a plant to produce fruit, so it’s generally better to buy transplants from the nursery instead of starting from seed.

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021Growing Food, Growing Guides

Mustard Greens: How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!

If you like mustard, you’ll love mustard greens! It’s also one of the most beneficial things you can add to your diet to prevent cancer. They’ll thrive in cool weather and add a flavorful, spicy kick to your diet. This blog post talks about how you can grow your own mustard greens with our free From Seed to Spoon Mobile App.

January 8, 2020March 22, 2020Growing Food, Growing Guides

Cilantro/Coriander: How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!

Cilantro is one of our most commonly used herbs in the kitchen. If you let it go to seed, you can get a second herb from the same plant: coriander! Both versions of this plant will give your dish a tasty kick!

April 14, 2019March 4, 2024Microgreens, Pest Management

How to Manage the Most Common Pests for Lettuce Organically in Your Backyard Vegetable Garden

Luckily there are not many pesky pests to deal with for lettuce and the ones they do have are fairly easy to manage organically!

March 12, 2019March 4, 2024Pest Management

Which Pests Attack Spinach & How to Manage Organically!

Luckily, spinach doesn’t attract many pests and those that it does get are fairly easy to manage!

December 22, 2018January 8, 2020Growing Food, Growing Guides

New Zealand Spinach (Tetragonia): How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard Garden!

Tetragonia, better known as “New Zealand Spinach” is a great addition to a summer garden. When spinach and other greens are out of season, New Zealand spinach can step in and take its place in your garden and in your summer salads!

December 5, 2018January 8, 2020Growing Food, Growing Guides

Luffa (Loofah): How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!

This unusual squash vine is so much fun to grow in the garden! What’s great is that you can eat these just like any squash or you can let them dry and turn them into sponges to use in your kitchen or bathroom! It’s so much fun to grow and it makes really great, unique gifts!

December 3, 2018March 30, 2022Growing Food, Growing Guides

Lavender: How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!

Lavender is a beautiful bush that can be planted either in a raised bed or around your beds as a shrub. Its distinctive aroma is very pleasing and will attract all sorts of pollinators to your garden! It’s a wonderful companion plant for repelling slugs/snails, moths (such as cabbage moths), and deer as well. This blog post talks about how you can grow your own lavender using our free mobile app!

November 26, 2018February 5, 2019Beneficial Critters

Critters: How Opossums (Possums) are Beneficial Garden Helpers!

Opossums (or possums) are nocturnal creatures that are generally good and beneficial to have in your garden! They help to get rid of ticks, cockroaches, snakes (even venomous ones), slugs/snails, rats, mice, and insects. Opossums will generally stay away from your garden as they prefer plants that are starting to rot, so they can actually a benefit in your garden by cleaning up the rotting fruit or vegetables! Many people get intimidated when they hiss, […]

October 9, 2018February 5, 2019Beneficial Critters

Critters: How Fireflies Help Your Garden & How to Attract Them!

Fireflies are not only fun to watch flash at nighttime but are great to have in your garden as they are predators to many pests that may plague your garden. They like to feed on other insect larvae, snails, and slugs.