Garden plot

First year garden- take lots of notes and observe what grows well and what doesn't. Soil test if needed.

Create your own green paradise, even in small spaces!

Kids like plants that appeal to their senses and spark their imaginations. This easy children’s vegetable garden plan will please gardeners of all ages with unusual and fun-looking vegetables such as kohlrabi and ‘Scallop’ summer squash. #vegetablegarden #beginnervegetablegarden #growyourownfood #easyvegetablegarden #bhg

Garden layout (BHG magazine)

Not quite sure how to get your vegetable garden going? Here’s an easy-to-read plan from Robyn Pope Gardens to get you started.

We arrived at our new home site at the end of March, 2014.

Food Security Is Just a Seedling Away: Plans for Starting a Victory Garden by Janet Melrose and Sheryl Normandeau During WWI and WWII and into the 1950s, the Canadian government encouraged its citizens to grow their own food. Not only would you be supplementing your own food supply at a time when rations were scarce and store shelves were growing bare, but people who grew gardens were contributing in their own way to the war effort. Growing a “victory garden” was a patriotic duty. In a time…

My 2014 Garden!

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Learn about the 6 different types of garden soil and their impact on what can and can’t be grown successfully in your garden or plot.

Gardening Layout Idea

Companion planting means you plant specific plants next to each other for many beneficial reasons We share which plants grow well together.

Barren… That was the first word that crossed my mind when I set out to work on my new kitchen garden this year. It’s right under my laundry room window, and is the perfect spot, considering it gets plenty of southern sunlight and is right next to our new porch. However, the soil leaves a […]