A garden plan for three beds drawn on looseleaf paper. Different vegetables are marked in different colours of pencil crayons, and each coloured section is marked with the name of a vegetable.
A Complete Guide for Beginner Gardeners, Tips & Tools

How to Plan Your First Vegetable Garden (A Complete Guide for Beginner Gardeners, Part 1)

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)

Twelve fibre pots, each about three inches tall, sit in a plastic tray. Dirt is just barely visible in the tops of the pots.
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How to Convert Seed Packet Instructions for Square Foot Gardening

This week, I've been thinking a lot about how many seeds I should be planting when I’m starting seeds indoors. I planted some Cortland Onions over the weekend, but I’m not sure if I planted the right number of seeds. At the time, I decided to just guess, because a) I was excited to get… Continue reading How to Convert Seed Packet Instructions for Square Foot Gardening