Garden Journal
An open book of musings, inspiration, seasonal tasks, our recent projects and big ideas. Browse the latest articles below or search for a topic that interests you. Leave a comment and join the conversation.
Sprouts: Easy, Quick, and Crunchy All Year-Round
Quick and Easy: How to Grow Sprouts at Home
This concise guide offers straightforward techniques for cultivating a variety of sprouts right in your kitchen. Perfect for beginners, it covers essential materials, step-by-step instructions, and helpful tips to ensure a successful harvest. Enjoy the benefits of fresh, nutritious sprouts in your meals, enhancing flavor and health effortlessly. With minimal space and time required, growing your own sprouts has never been easier or more rewarding.
A Garden-Fresh Thanksgiving: Bringing Your Harvest to the Table
Plan your garden-inspired Thanksgiving meal…
Q&A: Should I clean up the leaves that have fallen into my garden?
The why and when on removing fall leaves from your veggie beds.
Embracing the Dark Days: Beauty and Balance in the Garden's Quiet Season
My journey from avoiding the winter blahs to embracing the winter wonder…
Q&A: Why are my fall crops growing slowly?
Some reasons your fall garden may be slow to grow, and solutions to keep it thriving.
Elements of Garden Design: The Berry Patch
Berry plants provide an exciting design element in the garden space. Learn what berries to grow, why we love to add berries for garden aesthetics, and how to maximize your berry harvest.
The Most Essential Garden Tool
Why a journal is our favorite garden tool, and 11 prompts to get you started.
Gut Health and the Garden: The Benefits of 30 Plants a Week
How to use the garden to get at least 30 different plants a week into your diet.
Mid-October Garden To-Do List
What to plant, harvest, and tend in your mid-October garden.
12 Ways to Kick Your Garden Up a Notch
We built this large firepit in 2022 from natural Tennessee boulders and flagstone.
5 Delicious Ways to Use Your Late Summer Tomatoes
Overwhelmed by alllll of the tomatoes? Here are some simple ways to preserve them for winter.
Q&A: When are my peppers ready to harvest?
A quick guide to harvesting peppers. Learn ripeness signs and timing tips for bell peppers, jalapeños, or specialty varieties.
Garden Tour: Maximizing the Design for a Small Space
See the design process for creating an efficient garden that will produce pounds of food in a relatively small space.
Q&A: How do I prepare my soil for fall gardening?
The basics of soil composition and how to keep it healthy through the growing season.
Q&A: What ate my tomato plants?
The tomato plants were doing great and now they are just sticks! What happened?
10 Ways To Preserve and Enjoy Your Herb Harvest
Got a big herb harvest? There are so many delicious ways to use it!
Q&A: Should we be planting summer or fall veggies right now? (mid-July)
Answering the big mid-summer question: when is it too late to plant warm-season veggies?