An Arkansas Mama's journey to natural, simple living.
This is a sponsored post. All opinions are 100% my own. Starting your own seedlings is the best way to jump-start your garden early in the season. This is something that I failed to due early this year myself but have finally started to get on the ball! Gardening is such an amazing way to de-stress and relax aside from the obvious that you know exactly what is being put into on on your food. Simple put, gardening is sustainable. {Read More}
There are so many benefits to growing your own garden, storing and preserving your own food. Not only can you save a tremendous amount of money but I love knowing exactly what has gone into and put on the food I am feeding my family. It is such a great feeling to know that you can shop from your very own home when it is needed. Although this year I haven’t stocked up and stored like I would have liked {Read More}
Garlic is a crop that once you put a little effort into planning and planting, doesn’t require much care. We truly appreciate that after having the long, intensive heat we have had this summer. Garlic does well planted in the fall. It gives the bulb’s time to sprout roots and begin to develop before the colder temperatures of winter arrive. Why start in the fall? Most farmers plant their garlic in October before the ground freezes. When you plant in {Read More}
If you have been around my blog for a little while, you know I am all about trying to compost! Organic compost can do wonders for your garden and eliminate the need for fertilizers naturally. Growing up we always had a compost pile. We saved our vegetable scraps and carried them over to it almost daily. The reality it, for anyone that wants to garden, composting really should be a no-brainer. Composting is simply the breakdown of decomposed organic material. {Read More}
As we start to reach the middle of August, it is truly time to begin thinking about some final efforts in our gardens. What if you haven’t yet planted a garden? Don’t worry, it still is not too late! Of course it truly depends on where you live, but there are still several cold hardy crop varieties that you can plant during mid-late August that will still have time to mature before the 2012 gardening season comes to a close. {Read More}
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