How Do You Clean Your Harvest?

Harvesting your produce is fun and easy but the cleaning and preparing part is time consuming. I had a wonderful harvest this morning but it took me a while to clean, soak, dry and chop, etc.

I use GSE (grapefruit seed extract) to help clean my produce.…

Strawberry Update #2

YES YES YES!!!! I planted the strawberries today!

Got my grid up. I just wrap yarn around screws to make my grid. CHEAP!!!
I loosed up the soil and sprinkled some MycoStim powder in it to help with transplant shock.

This is my first time using this powder.…

How to Harden Off Plants

Finally 50º Weather!!! It is time to start harding off my seedlings. I have a nice sunshade on my porch that will make this process easier. The bigger the garden, the more seedlings to haul in and out! So I am hoping just moving the seedlings to my porch will do.…

Take Caution When Introducing New Plants!

CAUTION!!!

Never put newly bought plants with your seedling you started at home. Keep them in a separate spot away from the healthy ones and treat them with neem oil, or your choice of insecticide or fungicide. After a day or so, when you are sure the newly bought plants are safe from any disease or pests, then introduce them to the rest of your plants.…

Neem Oil in the Garden

I love Neem Oil! I just got done treating all my seedlings with it. Always test neem oil on a section of your plants first. Wait 24hrs, if everything looks good spray down your plant. I did my tests and everything looked great, so I drenched all my seedling with neem oil extract.…

Save your Toilet Paper Rolls for Gardening!

I like to save a few of my toilet paper rolls to help with my seedlings.

Toilet paper rolls used to help support chives.

Also cut rolls down the middle and make smaller rings. Place them around smaller seedlings to help support them too.…

Flowering Green Tea

Green tea is great to drink and add to your smoothies. It will help shrink your belly, because green tea contains catechins, which trigger the release of fat from cells then speed up the liver’s capacity for turning that fat into energy.…

2017 Garden Update

Garden is growing amazing. I’ve already given so much to friends. I love growing a garden but I need to get better at keeping up on the harvesting so it can stay healthy and grow more.

SWEET POTATO SLIPS PLANTED:

This is the first time I’ve grown my own sweet potato slips to plant in the garden.…

Garden Tools – Spring Clamps

I found 3 wonderful clamps at the thrift store. They are perfect for keeping my covers on the raised beds open. They are light weight and easy to open.


I searched everywhere trying to find more. Spent way too long doing this.…