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Planting Seeds Indoors; Tips & Tricks
What Seeds to Plant and When One of my favorite guides to planting seeds is the farmer’s almanac. Every year, I pull up their planting calendar, enter my zip code, and determine when I should start planting my seeds; both indoors and outdoors. I don’t like to get too picky about separating my indoor seed planting based on each week. If it is recommended to plant seeds indoors, I plant them all at the same time because I find it easier than planting a few seeds at a time. I usually plant my indoor seeds in March. Last year, I planted March 19th, this year I planted March 23rd. Mind…
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Planting Tulips; Tips & Tricks
Planting tulips can be time-consuming, but with these tips & tricks, you are sure to have a beautiful tulip show come spring. I planted 150 tulip bulbs a few falls ago, and l am so glad I did. They are a lot of work the first year, but after that, they are very easy to maintain. When to Plant Tulips Tulips are planted in the fall, and they bloom in the spring. I planted my tulips on October 28th, which was a bit late, but it still worked. Planting tulips after the ground gets some moisture is ideal. I tried to wait until after a rainy day when I planted…
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2023 Barn Soured Garden
Welcome to the Barn Soured Garden! 2023 was not my first year gardening, but it was the year I decided to go all out with my garden. I ordered six raised garden beds, and we also tilled up a plot of dirt outside our yard for things like corn, potatoes, pumpkins, squash, and zucchini. Needless to say, I had a LARGE garden, and this year, I’ll be making some adjustments. Raised Garden Beds I purchased my galvanized raised garden beds from Amazon; find the link HERE. For reference, I paid $60 for each 8X4X1ft raised bed in February of 2023. When I looked today, they are on sale for $45.00…
