60+ Gardening Quotes That Will Inspire You Every Season
Read these inspirational gardening quotes to encourage you to grow and love your garden in every season.
Start a Garden
Learn how to start a potager, or cottage vegetable garden. This category covers the basics of planning a garden, choosing the right plants, and setting up simple systems to garden with success. These posts are for beginners who want to start a small garden and gain confidence. Grow your own vegetables, herbs, and flowers.
Begin here:
- Raised Beds vs. In-Ground Gardening: How to Choose the Best Option
- How to Start the Cut Flower Garden of Your Dreams
- Potager Garden Design: 8 Elements for a Kitchen Garden You’ll Never Want to Leave
- How to Plan Your First Vegetable Garden (for Beginners)
- 7 Themed Planting Plans for Small Vegetable Gardens
How to Know When It’s Safe to Plant: Hardiness Zones and Frost Dates Explained
Learn how to determine the best time to plant and ensure your plants thrive! Discover frost dates, hardiness zones, and temperature requirements for crops. With this knowledge, confidently plan and plant your garden. Find out when it’s safe to start planting and which crops are suited for different seasons. Whether you’re a beginner or want to enhance your skills, this information will help you create your best garden yet!
How to Start the Cut-Flower Garden of Your Dreams
Today is the day to begin planning your first cut-flower garden. Cut flowers are easy to grow and so rewarding. If you’ve struggled with vegetables, you may find cut flowers grow more readily for you.
Welcome to the Not Quite a Homestead Backyard Garden
See our raised beds with arched trellises, the in-ground cut flower garden, and the small orchard at Not Quite a Homestead backyard garden.
Gardening Is More Than Just Growing Food
I never thought I would grow a garden. Something about sweating in the hot sun, pulling weeds around dying plants,