Give Your House Plants Some Love! December 13, 2022Nichole Doolittle A soft fire crackles on the tv screen as snow falls gently on the ground outside your window. Indoors is cheery, warm, and bright. Outside, your garden is dead. The...
Add a Layer of Compost this Fall! October 18, 2022Nichole Doolittle Gardens require a lot of nutrients during the Spring and Summer seasons. Growing delicious produce and gorgeous blooms is tough work! Adding fertilizer periodically throughout the season is a great...
Finish With Bulk Compost October 11, 2022Nichole Doolittle Cooler weather is slowly creeping in, and though there’s still plenty of warm weather to enjoy, the fall season is not far away. Late-season lawn and garden maintenance is key...
Harvest Time and Late Season Veggies! September 16, 2022Nichole Doolittle It’s harvest time! After canning, pickling, blending, preserving, and drying, there couldn’t possibly be more garden work to do for the season, right? While we’re closing in on the fall,...
Compost: Your Friendly Mid-Season Amendment August 05, 2022Nichole Doolittle Early summer brings endless sunshine, warm weather, and the perfect conditions to grow produce and help flowers bloom. With April showers coaxing your seedlings into existence, the transition from spring...
Fertilizer Tips: Using your Favorite Inputs June 14, 2022Nichole Doolittle We’re easing into the Summer, which means that your plants are beginning to flourish in the warmer weather. Lettuce and kale are growing bushier, the vines on your cucumbers are...
Grow with Love this Mother's Day May 05, 2022Nichole Doolittle Mother’s Day marks several important occasions. For families, it’s a time to celebrate the mothers who work hard to help us grow. For gardeners, it’s a key date for garden...
What's My Mix? April 20, 2022Nichole Doolittle Spring has officially settled into gardens everywhere, even though we’re still battling snow in Wisconsin. Your more fragile annuals have yet to bloom into the new season, but the tulips...
Seed Starter: What it is, How to Use it, Where to Buy it March 17, 2022Nichole Doolittle Starting your seeds is a gardener’s second favorite event of Spring. Watching your sprouts climb out of the soil and reach for the sun is an avid reminder of warmer...
Start Your Seeds on the Right Foot February 09, 2022Nichole Doolittle Spring is past the point of creeping in, it’s made a full invasion into your local garden centers. With warm weather approaching and planting season only a handful of weeks...
Mix Up Your Garden January 20, 2022Nichole Doolittle If you’ve headed into your local garden center recently, you know that there are aisles upon aisles of seed packets filling any open space. Almost more fun than exploring the...
Kitchen Gardening: The Cure for a Green Thumb's Winter Blues December 03, 2021Nichole Doolittle Winter is a hard season for plant lovers and gardeners alike, but there's an easy way to bring the garden indoors!