7 August Garden Jobs That Can Make or Break Your Garden
Doing these August garden jobs can decide how your garden will end this year and how next year’s garden will begin.| Rural Sprout
Fall showed up this week. I went away for a few days, leaving behind a green backyard. When I came home, everything was gold, orange and red. And that means … The post How to Plant Garlic in the Fall – It’s Easy appeared first on Rural Sprout.| Rural Sprout
Soaking garlic cloves before you plant them is a practice that many gardeners swear by, including organic garlic producers. These same gardeners swear that it improves growth, creates robust roots, … The post Do You Soak Garlic Before Planting? Maybe You Should appeared first on Rural Sprout.| Rural Sprout
Most of us are still plucking sun-warmed tomatoes off the vine in September, but by now the plants themselves are starting to look a little rough. (Okay, a lot rough.) … The post It’s September! It’s Time to Top Your Tomatoes (Here’s Why) appeared first on Rural Sprout.| Rural Sprout
Doing these August garden jobs can decide how your garden will end this year and how next year’s garden will begin.| Rural Sprout
Garden trends are nothing new. But which ones stand the test of time? Here are five popular trends that I've decided to compost.| Rural Sprout
Summer is drawing to a close, but there are still quite a few vegetables you can plant in August based on your USDA hardiness zone.| Rural Sprout
As gardeners, we've all been told to practice crop rotation. But what if it's all for nothing because it was never meant for home gardens?| Rural Sprout
Are you tired of throwing away veggies from the back of the icebox and bits and bobs leftover from meals? Stop the madness and start to reduce waste with meal planning! This process can be as simple or as detailed as you’d like, but all of us can find a meal planning system that works... Read More The post 4 Ways to Reduce Waste With Meal Planning appeared first on Homestead Lady.| Homestead Lady
You need to start these two vegetables in January to give them enough time to be ready to transplant in the spring.| Rural Sprout
I did not receive these raised beds for free from Vego Garden. I bought them myself because, after several weeks of research, they were the brand I liked most. I'm writing this up as a| Rural Sprout
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. We tomato growers are a bit touched. We’ll try just about anything to grow the tastiest tomatoes, the earliest tomatoes and the biggest tomatoes. If you’re| Rural Sprout
Here’s a quick tip: did you know that picking tomatoes at just the right time will give you tomatoes that don’t spoil as fast and encourage your plant to put out more blossoms, leading to| Rural Sprout
The best ideas to use home canned foods for easy dinners, cheap camping meals, and healthy cooking any day of the week!| Homestead Lady
I first came across the term “edimental” when I was looking up whether I could eat this mesmerizing little plant that I had bought on impulse. It’s called purple Shiso (aka Perilla frutescens var. crispa)| Rural Sprout
Create a bee friendly garden with design that includes flowers and plants attractive to honey and bumble bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. Make landscaping decisions that favor bees to help grow their populations. With special plant selection, you can create borders, gardens, and companion planting to create a bee friendly oasis| Homestead Lady
It’s about this time of year that every gardener gets what I refer to as “the green itch.” The holidays have come and gone. Things have gone abruptly quiet, and spring is still quite a| Rural Sprout
