Garden Prep: It’s the Gear Post, plant nerds

Let’s review: you love to garden you love to get dirty you love to analyze things you love to fail and try again you LOVE new gear (or new to you gear… even if it is old school equipment) you LOVE to learn new methods (even if they are old as salt, tried and true…

Garden Prep: February Starts

As someone who lives solidly in zone 5 (5b to be exact), I feel like I NEVER get my seed starting done early enough. Which means I often would start TOO early without a proper plan. Part of this was definitely due to my previous career. I would work like a madwoman from October through…

Real Talk: Seed Starting

OOOH! It is 43 degrees outside. IN JANUARY! I don’t know about you, but for me once January 1st passes, a strange thing happens: the 15 day transformation of the house begins… taking it from a cozy, festive holiday haven to a 1. bright and airy space setup to drive the next growing season’s veggies,…