Onions grow well in cool weather, so I always add them to my fall garden. Emily is sharing her tips for growing larger onions. I’m sure you’ve heard the saying onions practically grow themselves. While it’s true they grow themselves unfortunately they don’t always produce large bulbs unless you baby them a little bit. SometimesRead More
Guide to Growing Gourmet Lettuces
Imagine if the next time you wanted a salad all you needed to do was walk outside your door and pick off a cup or two of fresh, live lettuce leafs. The thought of fresh salad gets even better if you just need to reach across your kitchen counter to retrieve some from your liveRead More
How to Collect and Preserve Seeds from Your Garden + Free Printable Seed Packet
A garden is the perfect place to truly see the fruits of your labor. If you are able to have your own garden to provide food for your family, you are able to not only ensure that these items are healthy, but can save you significant costs on buying produce on your own. Buying seedsRead More
Weekend DIY: How to Build a Window Box in One Weekend
If you love the cottage garden look, you know that you can’t have it without window boxes. Window boxes are the perfect addition, as they offer so much beauty and charm as they overflow with colorful flowers and greenery. Perhaps your neighbors have window boxes, and you have walked by their home turning green withRead More
6 Frugal Ways to Attract Butterflies to Your Yard
One of my favorite summer activities is to lay on my back in the grass with my 6 year old and watch the butterflies flutter around. It has taken a long time for us to create a butterfly garden, I wish I knew some of Katie’s tips for attracting butterflies while we were waiting forRead More
How to Save Money by Planting Perennials
Katie shares how to save money by planting perennials instead of annuals: It took a few years of me visiting the garden center, getting on my knees, planting flower after flower, and ripping them up each fall to realize…it was time to start thinking about perennials! Sure annuals are fresh and colorful, but the taskRead More
How to Grow Vegetables in a Jar
Katie is sharing a fun summer project we can do with our kids: Grow vegetables in jars! Who says learning has to stop, just because school is out? The first question you might be asking yourself is, why on earth would anyone want to plant vegetables in a jar? After all, isn’t that what aRead More
How to Make Rabbit Repellent
If you need a way to deter rabbits from eating your flowers, try this organic rabbit repellent recipe. It uses garlic and crushed red peppers to repel the rabbits naturally without damaging your plants. If you have had any contact with me in the last three years, you know that I struggle with rabbits. IRead More
Save with the Home Depot Gardening Club
Join the Home Depot Gardening Club and get $5 off your next lawn and gardening purchase of $50 or more. As a member of the Home Depot Gardening Club, you will receive over $300 in annual savings! Fill in your email address, ZIP code and name to start seeing project ideas, monthly to-do lists andRead More
How to Start Seedlings in Egg Shells
Maggie from Family Frugal Fun is sharing how she repurposes egg shells and uses them to start her seedlings. If you’re into growing some of your own food then you know its time to start your seeds. This year instead of purchasing a seed starter kit, try saving your egg shells for a week orRead More
Naturally Frugal Tip: Make Your Own Worm Bin
Have you heard about using a worm bin to help you compost your kitchen scraps? Does it sound overwhelming or expensive? It doesn’t have to be either! Melynda of Our Sunday Cafe has a tutorial for making a frugal worm bin using common household items. She includes advice on how to take care of worms,Read More
How to Make a Frugal Cloche
I am always anxious to start gardening. The general rule of thumb is plant cold-hardy vegetables 4 – 6 weeks before the last frost, but I just can’t wait that long! Our last frost isn’t until mid June! Since I am impatient, I have come up with several different ways to create frugal cloches forRead More
Urban Farm Magazine Subscription
Urban Farm magazine helps its readers cultivate their home garden with detailed pictures and growing tips, with an emphasis on sustainability and the local food movement. It is a guide for those in cities or suburbs looking to become more self-sufficient by growing some of their own food and treading lightly on the environment in the spaceRead More
How to Make a Compost Bin with Bales of Straw
Have you wanted to start composting, but were overwhelmed by the process of creating a compost bin or the expense of buying one? Well I discovered a quick, easy, and fairly inexpensive way to make a compost bin! You can make a DIY compost bin using straw bales. Added benefit, your building supplies are allRead More
How to Make a Planter Out of a Tree Stump
Last weekend we visited the San Francisco Botanical Garden and I was reminded of a great use for tree stumps. Turn them into planters! How to Make a Planter from a Tree Stump: 1. Use a chisel and mallot to carve a round hole in the stump. Make it as deep as you can. LeaveRead More
Sharing my Love of Gardening with my Children
Whether you are growing flowers or a vegetable garden there are ways that you can involve even young children in the garden. Teaching them how to do a task takes time, but it is worth taking the time to do it while they still enjoy imitating you and are enthusiastic about playing in the dirt!Read More
How to Make a Mini-Greenhouse
I love starting my seedlings inside in the spring. I always start my coo-weather crops in late February even though the plants cannot be put outside until early May. I start my warm weather crops in late March, but they can’t be planted outside in my region until after Father’s Day. Since my seedlings willRead More
Using Cypress Cuttings as Rabbit Deterrents
Why are my walks lined with cypress clippings? Because it is the time of year when the rabbits come out and devour my tulips! Usually I am able to spray the tulips with Homemade Rabbit Repellant but this year we have had a lot of precipitation (for the high desert), so it has been lessRead More
How to Grow Rhubarb
The snow has melted, the daffodils are thinking of blooming, and the rhubarb is sending up shoots! Spring is around the corner and this high desert garden in officially open for the season! I recently purchased a magazine that promised articles on starting a vegetable garden on the cover. I found that the magazine wasRead More
Starting Your Own Herb Garden
Troy, from I Refuse to Recede and DTL Herbs LTD, is sharing tips for starting an herb garden with us today. Thinking of starting an herb garden? Herbs have been a part of our lives for as long as recorded history. Early medicine was based almost entirely on herbs, and many of the compounds fromRead More
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