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Grow
Not sure how to start a garden as a beginner? Learn the simple steps that helped me go from a few seed packets to a thriving garden, including choosing plants, understanding sunlight, avoiding common mistakes, and building confidence along the way.
Thinking about starting a container garden? Here's the beginner-friendly setup I actually use, including my basement seed-starting shelves, grow lights, containers, soil mix, and the lessons I've learned while growing herbs and vegetables as a renter.
Why is my basil turning yellow? Follow along as I troubleshoot pale leaves, flowering stems, and possible causes ranging from overwatering to nutrient deficiencies in my own garden.
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Grow Guides
Learn how I'm growing vegetables, herbs, and flowers from seed to harvest.
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Learn
Learn more about the plants and herbs you grow
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Garden Journal
Seasonal updates, experiments, successes, and failures from my own garden.
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Recipes
Simple recipes inspired by the garden.
Latest Garden Journal Entries
whats happening the my garden in June - the wins, losses, whats next and dealing with deer
My container garden was quickly taking over the backyard, so I upgraded to two renter-friendly raised beds. Here's how I planned, built, and filled them while creating dedicated spaces for vegetables, kitchen herbs, and tea herbs.
May marked the true beginning of my herb garden journey. This month was filled with seed starting, transplanting, planning, and plenty of learning opportunities.
Troubleshooting in The garden
Growth slowing for no apparent reason? Learn how rootbound plants affect water uptake, nutrient absorption, and overall plant health, plus how to identify and fix crowded roots before they stunt growth.
Tall, thin seedlings are usually trying to tell you something. Learn what causes leggy seedlings, how to fix them, and how to prevent weak, floppy growth when starting seeds indoors.
Recipes
This Herbal Relaxation Bath combines chamomile, lemon balm, and rose petals into a gentle floral bath tea designed to help you unwind and create a calming evening ritual.
Chamomile Bath Tea combines chamomile and lavender in a simple herbal bath blend that creates a relaxing soak and a wonderful way to enjoy herbs beyond the teacup.
I love making this herbal bath tea on the stove before I take a bath. It’s great after a long day on your feet.
Herbal Remedy Recipes
Kitchen Recipes
Chamomile Honey Tea is a simple caffeine-free herbal tea made with chamomile flowers and honey. It's an easy recipe for relaxing evenings and enjoying the gentle flavor of homegrown chamomile.
This is great for long days when stress and tension have gotten the best of you and has left you with a throbbing head and tightness. Relax and sip this tea blend.
Bush beans are one of the easiest vegetables for beginner gardeners. Learn how to plant, grow, harvest, and troubleshoot bush beans in raised beds, containers, and backyard gardens.