Whether you're planting your very first seeds or looking for ways to make the most of your harvest, you're in the right place.
Here you’ll find practical, down-to-earth advice to help you grow a thriving backyard garden - from starting strong in the spring to preserving your harvest in the fall. Just choose a category below to get started!
Table of Contents
- Getting Started in the Garden
- Seeds
- Growing and Tending Your Plants
- Herbs
- Growing Great Tomatoes
- Composting and Soil Health
- Dealing with Pests
- Foraging and Wild Plants
- Garden to Table
- Food Preservation
Getting Started in the Garden
New to gardening? These posts walk you through the basics of planning, prepping, and planting a successful garden from scratch.
Common Gardening Terms and Phrases for Beginners
What Should I Grow in My Garden? 7 Tips for Beginning Gardeners
How to Build a Raised Bed GardenHow to Assemble a Metal Raised Garden Bed (OLLE brand)
What to Plant in Your Herb Garden
What Vegetables Can You Grow in a Tiny Garden Space?
How to Grow Vegetables in a Shady Garden, an ebook
Vegetables You Can Grow in a Container Garden
How to Grow Food in as Little as 3-4 Weeks
Start a Kitchen Garden to Increase Your Food Security
How to Plan and Plant a Homestead Orchard
9 Warm Weather Vegetables to Grow in Raised Beds
10 Secrets to a Thriving Summer Garden
Free Food in Your Garden: Make the Most of Volunteer Plants
Why You Should Grow Flowers in Your Vegetable Garden
Grow More Food in Less Space with Vertical Gardening
Best Tomato Trellis Ideas to Support Tomato Plants
How to Recover from a Disappointing Garden Season
How to Make Watering Your Garden Easier
Make Comfrey Tea Fertilizer for Your Garden Plants
Seeds
How to Choose Seeds for Your Garden: What You Should Grow
How to Buy Seeds for Your Vegetable Garden
The Beginner's Guide to Starting Seeds Indoors
Test Your Seed Germination Rate
Why You Should Garden with Heirloom Seeds, a guest post by Mary of Mary's Heirloom Seeds
How to Store Leftover Seeds for the Best Germination Rate Next Year
Growing and Tending Your Plants
Practical growing guides to help you nurture strong, healthy plants from transplant to harvest.
How to Grow Sweet Potatoes in Containers
How to Grow Cabbage in Your Backyard Garden
How to Plant Potatoes in Containers
How to Grow Egyptian Walking Onions
How to Grow Sweet Potato Slips in Water
How to Grow Garlic from Cloves
10 Secrets to a Thriving Summer Garden
Herbs
What to Plant in Your Herb Garden
5 Reasons You Should Grow Comfrey
How to Dry and Store Homegrown Herbs
How to Propagate an Aloe Plant
Growing Lemon Balm for Culinary and Medicinal Use, an ebook
Growing Great Tomatoes
Tips and wisdom from 30+ years of tomato-growing experience - because homegrown tomatoes are the best part of summer!
How to Transplant Tomatoes the Right Way
How to Root Tomato Cuttings and Double Your Harvest
How to Save Tomato Seeds from Your Garden
Over-wintering Tomato Plants Without a Greenhouse
Canning Tomatoes, No Matter What Kind You're Growing
What to Do With Green Tomatoes in the Fall
Composting and Soil Health
Build rich, fertile soil naturally and reduce waste with these composting and soil-improvement tips.
How to Start a Compost Pile in Your Backyard
Composting Yard Waste and Garbage
Where to Find Free Compost Materials
How to Build a Summer Compost Pile
Caring for Your Compost Pile in the Winter
The Down-to-Earth Guide to Composting, an ebook
Dealing with Pests
Stop garden pests before they ruin your hard work. These practical tips help you handle common problems organically.
Save Your Squash! How to Get Rid of Squash Bugs Organically
Foraging and Wild Plants
Want to supplement your garden with wild edibles? Learn how to identify and responsibly harvest from the land around you.
Woolly Mullein - How to identify and use it
How to Forage, Dry and Use Yarrow
Garden to Table
From fresh-picked to home-cooked, here’s how to use your harvest in delicious and wholesome ways. Click here for my Garden to Table Recipes.
Food Preservation
Make your harvest last all year! These guides will help you freeze, can, dehydrate, and store your garden bounty, including a few methods you may not have thought of.
How to Vacuum-Seal Almost Any Jar in Your Kitchen
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