Seed saving is easy but there is more to it than harvesting the seeds. It starts with planting. Different plants are pollinated in different ways. Some plants are more likely to cross pollinate. Cross pollination means the seeds are now hybrids with unknown outcomes. The plants from these seeds will not produce fruit that is the same as their parent plants. This is where things can start to get a little tricky. This is not what we want to happen when we are saving seeds. Don't worry, it's not too tricky if you are aware of which plants can cross pollinate and how to work around this.

Sweet potatoes are delicious and highly nutritious with many vitamins and minerals such as vitamins A, C, and B6, as well as Potassium, Manganese, and Niacin. They are easy to grow using the traditional method of sticking the sweet potato spud in water and waiting for it to root and grow vines to then cut and root. The problem is, that way takes forever. Today I'm going to show you and equally simple way that takes a fraction of the time.

Didn't you know that it is highly beneficial to sit in your garden and eat pitas slathered in hummus? No, no, no, just kidding. I am talking about the kind of humus that is found in the soil.  Humus that is formed by the breaking down of organic matter. 

You hear it over and over "keep good records!" But why? Why is it so important and what exactly do all those records include? I know it can leave you wondering where to start and even feeling a bit overwhelmed. Don't worry your sweet heart anymore. Today we are going to go through the most important records to keep for your garden. You can use any notebook, a 3 ring binder, or my Ultimate Garden Planner and Journal (use code GARDEN20 for 20% off). Although I think you will love my planner with it's ease of use and beautiful design, the important thing is that you keep your records. Our goals is to get you the best garden possible! That being said, this post is a bit long but packed with information. Stick around and absorb it all in then grab the free gift I've left for you at the end.

I always find it helpful and enjoyable to look back at the gardening season and see what we have accomplished, the projects we've tackled, new varieties we have found, and of course the projects that didn't get accomplished. There are always some of the latter, we never stop coming up with new ideas! Looking back puts one in the perfect place for planning the next season's garden. 

Ok, give me the truth friends, are the same gardening goals/ projects reappearing on your to do list this year during your garden planning? We have all been there. Perhaps it's because gardeners get so many wonderful ideas. They are wonderful but what can we do differently this year to get these ideas off of our to do lists and into our gardens. I have 5 SMART steps that are going to help you (and me) make that happen!

This is a big project friends. Really big and we started about 1 month before I gave birth. But the thing is, we couldn't start it any sooner. It was just too cold and the ground was not very workable. That being said, I knew that if we didn't get it done before the baby came it was highly unlikely that it would happen at all. We started as soon as we could.

People, friends, you have been missing out! This washing table will change your life! 

Yeah, really. No more muddy messes in your kitchen sink.  That is life changing in my book. What about you? Agree? Yeah I thought so. Plus you can catch the water under your washing table and reuse it to water your garden or flower pots. Just give the earth a big ol' hug!

It's been while but I'm still here, still gardening, still doing projects, still loving it.

So why have I been away?

Chances are if you have grown carrots that you have come to know the damage of the carrot rust fly maggot. These lovely maggots are the larvae of the carrot rust fly. They tunnel through carrots, their favorite host plant, leaving a trail of poo behind them. Aren't they thoughtful, not only do they eat your carrot but what they leave behind, they fill with poo. YUCK!