If you’ve ever tried to repot a vegetable seedling, houseplant, or avocado tree (and by “you,” I mean me) and found a tightly wound swirl…
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Tips for Growing Bell Peppers in Containers
If you’ve been reading this site for a while, you know that I love trying to grow bell peppers in containers. I started trying it…
View More Tips for Growing Bell Peppers in ContainersAdd Succession Planting to Your Spring Garden
Succession planting is officially a part of our spring gardening plans. Why? I am notorious for getting so excited about receiving new seeds, planting a…
View More Add Succession Planting to Your Spring GardenChaos Gardening Sprouts Wild Joy
I am a new convert to chaos gardening. I used to follow a much more rigid set of rules about what could be planted where…
View More Chaos Gardening Sprouts Wild JoyBuying Nothing on Prime Day
I was ready to make a big purchase on Prime Day. One of those couches was going to be mine, and I was going to…
View More Buying Nothing on Prime DaySeed Potatoes – Growing in Late Spring in SoCal
I’ve been staring at a catalog of seed potatoes for months. I feel like I’ve seen every variety of organic seed potatoes, and I’ve fallen…
View More Seed Potatoes – Growing in Late Spring in SoCalHow to Grow Blueberries in Containers
I was obsessed with learning how to grow blueberries in a container garden even before we moved. While we didn’t have ideal growing conditions in…
View More How to Grow Blueberries in ContainersSowing Swiss Chard vs. Growing Swiss Chard in an AeroGarden
For reasons I’m not entirely clear on, I became obsessed with growing Swiss chard. It was my one goal for the fall in terms of…
View More Sowing Swiss Chard vs. Growing Swiss Chard in an AeroGardenGrowing Okra in a Container Garden
Growing okra in a container garden wasn’t even a vague consideration for me prior to the pandemic. I had never eaten okra, as far as…
View More Growing Okra in a Container GardenHow to Save Water at Home
With another drought upon us in Southern California, we are looking at how to save water at home while still growing a garden. The first…
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