Winter is almost over & spring is almost here. Our weather is generally unpredictable during this time of year with warm & sunny days backing right up to chilly & windy days. I am itching to do some planting outdoors, but our average last frost date isn’t until mid-May. I do have an indoor grow…
Continue reading ➞ Super Simple Winter Sowing with Milk Jugs Tutorial
It has finally started to warm up here after weeks upon weeks of frigid temps & over 30 inches of snow. We have been enjoying a few 40+ degree days here, which of course just serves to get me itching to garden it up as soon as possible. I’m in gardening zone 5b, so planting…
Continue reading ➞ Gardening Adventures: Seed-Starting Planning
I had no idea what was in store for me when I planted tomato seeds in my AeroGarden a month ago. I ended up with way more seeds than I was expecting & I wasn’t quite sure if any of them would end up growing or not. The first sprout came up just in time,…
Continue reading ➞ Adventures in Hydroponics: Growing Tomato Plants in an AeroGarden
First thing’s first, I tend to avoid buying perennial plants that stay small since I feel like the bigger the plant, the more value I get out of my money. I prefer perennials that get at least 5 feet tall & I have a hard time even looking at small variations. Because of that, I…
I created this place in order to both document my own gardening journey & to help others with their own gardening adventures. My normal posts consist of tutorials, recipes, or essentially journals of what I’ve been doing in my own garden. But, I haven’t really gotten into why gardening is so important to me or…
Continue reading ➞ Garden your Way Through it: How Gardening Helps Me
It’s the end of January & I have already planted tomatoes, even though it’s the dead of winter over here in Zone 5b. How? My AeroGarden Harvest that’s how. I got this awesome grow light/hydroponic system last year, which I have written about extensively (check out my first impressions, one month review & cleaning out…
Continue reading ➞ Adventures in Hydroponics: Planting Tomato Seeds in an AeroGarden
A year ago, a forgotten bundle of dried celosia flowers paved the way to the growing from seed journey that was 2020 for me. I was able to harvest a bunch of seeds from the flowers, all the while not being so sure that it would end up working out. I planted the seeds in…
Continue reading ➞ Adventures in Gardening: Harvesting Celosia Seeds
One of the best things about gardening is the ability to grow your own food. It’s even better when you can save the food that you’ve grown & enjoy it months later when your garden has gone to sleep under layers of snow. It’s a yearly tradition of mine to make my own tomato sauce…
Continue reading ➞ Lasagna Recipe with Homegrown & Homemade Sauce
Hello, 2021! New Year, new garden! But first, let’s do a little New Years cleaning. One of my best gardening decisions of 2020 was setting up a grow light system. I had been interested in grow lights for a while, so you can imagine how happy I was when I received an AeroGarden Harvest for…
Continue reading ➞ Adventures in Hydroponics: Cleaning out an AeroGarden
2020 has been a year alright. Just like everyone else, I had to change & adapt throughout this crazy year in many different facets of my life, gardening included. I had a few successes, a few failures, tried new gardening methods & new plants. This year’s gardening adventure was certainly a learning experience, more so…
Continue reading ➞ 2020 Year in Review: What did my Garden Grow?
The Plantiful Gardener 