Tag: Beginner Gardening

  • 4 Easy Herbs

    4 Easy Herbs

    Every Beginner Should Grow Growing herbs is one of the easiest ways to start gardening. You don’t need a large garden, fancy raised beds, or enough land to get lost on. A few pots will do just fine! Herbs are especially rewarding because many are easy to grow and useful. You can walk outside, snip…

  • Growing Peppers

    Growing Peppers

    A Beginner’s Guide to Sweet and Spicy Success Peppers are one of my favorite vegetables to grow. They are colorful, useful in the kitchen, and available in everything from sweet bell peppers to varieties hot enough to make you question every decision that led you to that first bite. The good news? Growing peppers is…

  • Watch the Sun Before Building Your Garden

    Before you build raised beds, dig garden rows, haul in soil, and create a beautiful permanent garden area, there is one very important thing you should do. Watch your yard. Yes, seriously. That is the first gardening job I am giving you. Go outside and stare at your yard. Maybe have a cup of coffee…

  • Growing Cayenne Plants 

    Growing Cayenne Plants 

    A Spicy Little Adventure If you’re looking to add a little heat to your garden, growing cayenne plants is a fantastic place to start. These fiery peppers are easy to grow and so productive once they get going. If you’re using them simply for fresh and dried peppers, 1 or 2 plants can easily accommodate.…

  • Low-Maintenance Herbs

    Low-Maintenance Herbs

    Don’t have much time to fuss? Sometimes we want a garden. You love the idea of green food or organic vegetables from the yard, but don’t have the time to be out there every day, checking, watering, weeding. With work, kids, life, we don’t all have that sort of extra time. Or maybe you don’t…

  • Low-Maintenance Veggies

    Low-Maintenance Veggies

    Don’t have much time to fuss? Sometimes we want a garden. You love the idea of green food or organic vegetables from the yard, but don’t have the time to be out there every day, checking, watering, weeding. With work, kids, life, we don’t all have that sort of extra time. Or maybe you don’t…