How often do you fertilize your plants?

 What are you growing in? A container? Raised bed or in-ground bed? Knowing your growing conditions is everything when trying to answer how often to fertilize your plants.

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It’s launch day!

I am so excited to share this new passion I have with all of you. I've been an avid gardener for years but a confluence of events made

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How often to water your flower garden

How to water a garden and how often is a question that gets asked all the time. I've been gardening for close to a decade now and this

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Flower container design ideas: thriller, filler, and spiller

A Tried and True Design Concept The golden rule of container design uses three types of flowers: thriller, filler, spiller. Thriller is your focal plant. It's big and

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Recipe for an organic DIY potting soil and why you should always use compost.

WHAT IS THE BEST POTTING SOIL? Potting soil is different than regular soil. If you put garden soil into your container, it will compact, drown the roots, and

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Planning a flower garden – Part 2

Yesterday's blog post was about garden design in general but today I want to get into the nitty gritty of actually choosing the plants you want to grow

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Planning a flower garden – Part 1

When I first started my garden, I didn't come up with much of a plan. I bought some dahlia tubers and some seeds from Johnny's Select Seeds and

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What is the best organic powdery mildew treatment?

I was happily harvesting my ranunculus flowers about a week ago and noticed that the stems had white patches on them. This is my first year growing these

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Are you sure you’re properly watering plants in your containers?

I believed I was watering my plant containers properly until my leaves began to turn yellow. I went down the rabbit hole to see what I was doing

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Flower planting schedule for the whole year.

In yesterday's blog post, I wrote about the flowers you can expect to harvest in your garden in every season. However, the growing schedule looks different than the

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