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Gardening Basics & How-To

New to growing or need a refresher? Start here for simple, step-by-step guides that walk you through every garden task, from planning your space to harvesting with confidence.

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Good Reads: Gardening, Foraging, and Cookbooks Perfect for Your Coffee Table

5 Good Reads: Gardening, Foraging, and Cookbooks Perfect for Your Coffee Table
Books are for learning, laughing, losing yourself in, and curling up with on a slow day. We love a good book, and we think you’ll adore these ones, too!
Get the most out of your grow media.

One and (not) Done: Getting the Most from your Grow Media
Learn how regenerative growers, like Lindsay Dawson and Av Singh, are reusing and reamending living soil beds to build resilient, self-sustaining cultivation systems.
Mastering moisture in living soil.

Mastering Moisture in Living Soil: How Tensiometers Transformed My Gardening
Achieving perfect moisture levels in living soil can be tricky. Gareth Hopcroft introduces us to a tensiometer, a tool that’s transformed how he grows plants.

A Grower’s Guide to Testing and Amending Indoor Soil
Should you test your indoor soil? Hell, yes! Dustan McLean says testing organic soil is a crucial step that indoor growers shouldn’t skip.
How to use a cold frame.

How to use a Cold Frame for Cool-Season Growing
As the temps dip, many long for the next growing season to begin. But why did it ever have to stop? A cold frame can help you grow cool-season crops all winter!
5 cold-hardy greens

5 Cold-Hardy Greens and How to Grow Them for a Winter Salad
You can grow food at home year-round as long as you choose the right crops! Here’s a list of five cold-hardy greens and how to grow them for your winter salads.
DIY Dead Hedge.

Leave the Logs! Building a ‘Dead Hedge’ Boosts Biodiversity
Brush and log piles aren’t a sight for sore eyes; they’re low-cost barriers and fencing options bursting with biodiversity! Here’s how to build a dead hedge.
The spider mite apocalypse.

The Spider Mite Apocalypse: When Creepy Crawlers Invade
Straight out of a horror movie, spider mites can take over your plants at any given moment. Regi Oneton breaks down how to effectively treat an infestation.
Fall garden living.

Cultivating Intention and Slowing Things Down in the Fall Garden
As we say goodbye to summer and prepare for winter, it’s important to take a beat and look to the fall garden for inspiration and ways to live more sustainably.
Winterizing the garden – prepare the garden for winter.

Prepare the Garden for Winter
It’s time to put the garden to sleep for winter! This guide will help you create a checklist of chores, from removing debris and amending the soil to mulching.
How to compost leaves for fall.

How to Compost Leaves in Fall
What to do with all those fallen leaves? Turn them into leaf mold! This easy process creates a supercharged compost for the garden, free of charge.
How to overwinter geraniums.

How to Overwinter Geraniums Indoors
Want to save some cash next gardening season? Of course you do! Follow this guide to overwintering geraniums so you enjoy those blooms again and again.
DIY Biochar on the Homestead

DIY Biochar for a Healthy Garden or Homestead
Biochar is the secret elixir that every garden and homestead needs. Haley Nagasaki guides us through a five-step DIY project for homemade biochar.
How to become a better grower.

Failures, Learned Wisdom, and Becoming a Better Grower
Define a successful garden. Not easy, right? Colin Bell writes about how his successes and failures in the garden have helped make him a better grower.
How to make a bulb lasagna garden?

How To Create a Bulb Lasagna Garden
Do you want to make lasagna that pollinators will crave? Consider making a lasagna bulb garden! This technique is easy on space and grows in a container, too!
Winning weeds you want in the garden.

Winning Weeds You Want in Your Garden for a Biodiversity Boost
When we find weeds growing in the garden, our tendency may be to pick them, but hold the phone! Many winning weeds help boost biodiversity and yields.
Organic Japanese beetle control methods.

Organic Japanese Beetle Control Methods
A dilly-dally in the garden leads to discovering a Japanese beetle invasion on pole beans—a gardener’s tale of dealing with another pest attack organically.
Watering Techniques for plant health.

Watering Techniques to Optimize Plant Health in a Challenging Climate
Gardening in dry climates presents a wide range of challenges, with watering being one of the biggest. Anne Gibson shares her top irrigation techniques.
Regenerative gardening can heal the world.

Regenerative Gardening: This is Not a Drill… It’s a Garden Fork!
Regenerative gardening is one of the most frequently searched online keywords, which makes us happy. Let’s heal our bodies, the planet, and our relationships.
Squashing the squash vine borer.

Control Squash Vine Borers Organically
You’re enjoying a little ‘me-time’ in the garden when you come across a squash vine borer. Not good. Here’s how to spot it and keep it from ruining your season.