All About Gardening
Garden tips and growing guides on how to grow great vegetables, herbs, and fruits and how to start a permaculture food forest! I’m sharing my experiences and knowledge gained from decades of gardening and what I learn as I go, to help you grow your best garden. One thing I learned is that adaptability is an important skill to possess when you are a gardener!
I’m gardening in Missouri, zone 6b. Find out your gardening zone here.
Let’s get growing!
Gardening Resources
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some of my favorite gardening tools and seed companies:
Seeds And Supplies
Survival Garden Herb Seeds
True Leaf Market (Tools and Seeds)
Baker Creek Seeds
Seed Starter Kit
Table mount grow lights
Vegetable Gardening and Growing Guides
How to start plants from seeds, transplanting, maintenance, harvesting, and seed saving are the important stages of growing vegetables. But we’ll also cover companion planting and I’ll share ways to use each vegetable. You’ll find what varieties to choose and sources. And I often include the health benefits of plants as well. These are comprehensive guides for growing your own vegetables!
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Guide to composting
Get a free carbon to nitrogen ratio chart and a composting 101 tutorial that explains how to use these ratios and why they are so important. Create the best food for your soil. Your fruits and vegetables are what they eat and if your goal is to harvest nutrient dense, naturally grown and delicious food for you and your family, start by feeding your soil the best compost!
Permaculture, Fruit Trees, and Forest Gardens
Have you been dreaming of replacing the grocery store? How would you like to walk through your garden and get all you need for dinner?
It’s been my goal to grow all my own foods. But while some things just don’t grow where I am, like salt, pepper and sugar, and other things are a bit more of a challenge, like small grains, I try to at least grow everything that makes sense for me. One step toward low maintenance gardening, and growing a great variety of food, is to grow a permaculture food forest.
I don’t spend much time on elaborate designs, but I take the principles of Permaculture into account and then I start planting tree guilds with lots of perennial vegetables. I’ll be introducing much of this as I add more content. Stay tuned and check out all the fun things I have already posted.
Herb Gardening
Have you ever thought about becoming more self-sufficient and resilient? Would you love to be prepared in the case of supply-chain disruptions, devastating storms, or other disasters?
I know I like to be prepared for such situations, but really, I just don’t want to run to a store half an hour away every time I need something! Being prepared makes you more price-hike resistant and it can save you a lot of money long-term.
Being prepared is especially important when it comes to wellness and setting up a home apothecary. Learn all about herb gardening here and lots of ways to prepare healing salves, syrups, tinctures, and more.
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