Mark & Beth's Homegrown Adventure
We're learning how to live more sustainably at home in the suburbs. Come along and learn with us!
Tag: Gardening
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Hey, What’s Bloomin’?
While summer technically isn’t here yet, it sure has felt like it lately in southwestern PA. The last couple weeks have been crazy dry (like, no rain whatsoever) and crazy hot (90 degree days in late May). It’s required a lot of work in the garden to make sure nothing was burning out or drying…
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Mid-May Garden Update
We got so much done this weekend! Somehow, I’m still feeling like we’re behind. I think next year, I’ll start the seedlings earlier, and give them bigger containers when up-potting, so that they have more room to grow larger before I put them outside. I’m worried about those tiny little tomato and pepper seedlings in…
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Here’s What We Did with the Things We’ve Foraged Recently
It’s both a fun and a frustrating time of the year for gardening, because almost all of the plants are in their permanent homes (waiting just a little longer on the tomatoes and peppers for the soil temperature to warm up), but there’s nothing to harvest yet. However, that’s definitely not the case in the…
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Work with the Space You Have
I follow a lot of gardeners on Instagram, and sometimes it’s hard not to feel a little self conscious about my garden when I see theirs. I mean, I’m trying to grow vegetables in my front yard, have a hodgepodge of mismatched containers and beds, and am even going to be planting a few things…
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Hurry Up & Wait to Garden
I don’t have a lot of experience, but I’m starting to think that gardening is mostly an exercise in patience. I remember when Mark and I first decided we were going to start gardening, we were so excited. Even though it was January, we were at Home Depot picking out our seed packets and trays.…
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How We’re Saving Money when Starting the Garden (Hopefully)
The primary motivation behind us starting this garden (as well as foraging and reusing what we can) is to save money. There are a lot of other good benefits (mental and physical health, helping the environment and native pollinators), but if I had to pick the top reason, it’s the money. But if you’ve ever…
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Here’s What We Did (and reused) in Week 1
Okay, so I know it’s not really week 1 of gardening. We’ve been planning and starting seeds for months. But the weather was sooo nice this week in western Pennsylvania, that it really felt like the beginning of the real gardening season for me. So let me tell you about what we did! The biggest…
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Foraging Series: Dandelions!
So as I mentioned the other day in my post about using the wild onion grass, Mark and I are both foraging newbies. So for the second attempt at foraging, I went for another plant that I was 100% confident I could identify. Really, all of us who have ever lived somewhere with a yard…
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First-Time Indoor Seed Starting!
Hi everyone, happy Monday! More importantly, happy Spring! I know it’s technically been Spring for a couple weeks now, but it hasn’t really felt like it here in Western PA. It’s been cloudy and cold, keeping us inside when we’ve really wanted to launch into the garden. But hey, that’s why we started some seeds…
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First Foraging Foray – Wild Onion Grass
One of the things Mark and I are planning to learn more about is foraging for food in a sustainable way. We’re complete newbies, so I need to add a disclaimer – don’t go eating any plants that you have not meticulously identified yourself after thorough research! All I’m intending to do is share our…
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