Tag Archives: Garden

What’s Wrong With My Garden?

We are three weeks in to our gardening adventure and, as expected, we’re running into some problems. Some of the plants aren’t as green as we would like, we have ants, and aphids and I think we may have some nutritional deficiency in our soil despite ordering ‘Organic Planting Soil’. So, we’re taking action andContinue reading “What’s Wrong With My Garden?”

Day 16 Progress

The garden is a daily interest and inspiration for the family. Every morning before school, we head out to check in on our progress and it’s amazing what happens day by day. We finally realized that the kale and spinach did not germinate. For the next planting, I’m going to try to start indoors fromContinue reading “Day 16 Progress”

YouTube Channel is LIVE!

One of my favorite leadership quotes is the infamous “Begin With The End In Mind” from Steven Covey. We watch so many YouTube videos while doing our DIY projects, we figured we might as well try it ourselves however, we’re taking the ‘crawl, walk, run‘ approach’ starting with our garden updates. Feel free to hopContinue reading “YouTube Channel is LIVE!”

Pollinator Plants

My first priority after planting the garden plants and seeds focused on surrounding the beds in pollinator plants. We have twelve marigolds inside the beds, however, wanted to be intentional about adding a few more plants. So, this weekend, we took a trip to our local nursery, Lukas Nursery, to select a few plants. AfterContinue reading “Pollinator Plants”

The Garden Diary is ‘LIVE!’

As we embark on this new FL gardening journey, we thought it would be great to keep a brief, but regular diary of what is working well and what is not so we can make improvements season over season. The page is LIVE and can be found on our blog under the Menu Item ‘GardenContinue reading “The Garden Diary is ‘LIVE!’”

3, 2, 1…Raised Garden Beds

3 weeks, 2 tired DIY-ers and 1 beautiful transformed area. Over the past 3 weeks, we transformed the back side yard using 850 pounds of Tennessee Strip Rubble, 5 yards of organic planting soil, 1/2 yard of leveling sand, 84 square feet of Euro Cobble Stone Carmel Blend and a lot of lumber, into ourContinue reading “3, 2, 1…Raised Garden Beds”

Water Garden Transformation

One of the selling features of our house was the pond. When we toured the house, I fell in love immediately. I absolutely loved the concept of the pond, however, after moving in, we soon realized that we had some sort of leak that we needed to figure out. We put it off for aContinue reading “Water Garden Transformation”

Welcome To Our Gardening Adventures

Gardening has always been a shared hobby for our family. We were just talking the other day about our first garden project: a deck box to house our herbs in our condo. When we started our married life in our New Jersey home, we transformed our backyard with nooks and crannies of gardens: a fire-pitContinue reading “Welcome To Our Gardening Adventures”