When I first started thinking about growing a few vegetables, gardening felt like a massive topic. No matter what information I went looking for, there were more differing opinions, details, and options than I knew what to do with. Gardening felt really hard and complicated—and there seemed to be so much to know, I was… Continue reading How to Plan Your First Vegetable Garden (A Complete Guide for Beginner Gardeners, Part 1)
Even more than your Plant Hardiness Zone, your local last frost date is a critical piece of information you need to consider when planning and planting your garden. Vegetables and flowers are both impacted by this date, with some plants being more sensitive to low temperatures than others. So what is a last frost date,… Continue reading How Do Last Frost Dates Work?
It's far too early to start seeds for the garden, but I've been finding myself using a lot of parsley and thyme lately, so I thought I'd grow some for a pot in the house. There's two of each here, plus two purple basil just because. I have these old Jiffy pellets from an auction… Continue reading I finally caved and started some seeds 🙈
Spend a few minutes looking at garden centre catalogues, gardening Instagram, or seed packets, and you'll soon notice the repeated mention of a "zone." If you've ever wondered what this is referring to, why it matters, and how to figure out the zone that applies to you, this blog post is for you. What is… Continue reading How to Determine Your Plant Hardiness Zone—and Why You Need to in the First Place
I was caught a bit off guard by how quickly these matured once they started growing -- by day 11, they were already putting off spores (don't worry, they're in a large and well-ventilated room). https://videopress.com/v/RZ1jI61n?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true In terms of taste, I would describe these as something like the crunchy egg bits on the edges of… Continue reading Wow, yellow oyster mushrooms sure grow fast! 🍄
We have mushrooms!
I couldn't resist snapping a picture of this guy checking out the mushrooms the other night. Nothing too interesting happening yet, but I assume the increased white stuff around the edges of the block are a good thing!
This is the gift that got my green thumb itching this Christmas -- it's a garden journal, but also a calendar of sorts, dividing the year into "weeks before last frost date" and "weeks after last frost date." The book has blanks for you to fill in the dates for your region for each week,… Continue reading New Gardening Journal
Playing in the Dirt 