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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

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
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