Mark & Beth's Homegrown Adventure
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Tag: seeds
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You Have to Spend Money to… Save Money?
It’s the last day of April, and we’ve been hard at work on our spring garden and spring foraging. It’s been busy and fun, and as usual, hard work. We decided this year to expand the garden again (if you can really call last year an expansion – it was the first year we really
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It’s the Season of Cucurbits
Can you tell I only learned the word “cucurbit” this past year? These are the plants that make up the gourd family, including things like zucchini, summer squash, watermelon, cucumbers, and winter squashes such as spaghetti and butternut. Here in late July, they’re also the plants that are requiring the most effort for me. I’ve
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June Garden Update
Patience, patience, patience. A necessary trait for home gardeners, especially if you’re starting from seed. That’s one of the biggest lessons I’m learning here in our first year of gardening. Things are growing, but slowwwwwly. The weather has been a challenge, and apparently many gardeners in my area (Pittsburgh) are experiencing similar problems. We had
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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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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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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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