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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”

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”

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”