by Shelley Levis
DIY Garden Signs with 60+ Garden Sign Sayings I have a touch of whimsy in me that loves to come out in my garden. These cute DIY Garden Signs are made from some reclaimed wood I found. With just a touch of paint and a few catchy garden sign sayings, they now...
by Shelley Levis
You say potato, I say Solanum Tuberosum Dare I say that this is one of THE easiest vegi’s to grow? Potatoes are a simple crop to maintain and are perfect for container or small space gardens. In this post we will discuss how to build a potato cage, also known...
by Shelley Levis
Container Gardening Tips Need some container gardening tips? Create beautiful hanging baskets and containers like the pro’s by following this simple recipe…. A thriller, a filler and a spiller. A thriller is typically the biggest, most dramatic or...
by Shelley Levis
The Original $50 DIY Greenhouse! Rain Rain, go away… Here’s an easy and inexpensive way to protect those precious tomatoes from our rainy West Coast weather. In just over an hour, you can make this simple structure with my PolyTunnel tutorial. Why...
by Shelley Levis
You say tomato, I say Lycopersicon esculentum. No vegetable garden is complete without at least one type of tomato. But how do you decide with all the varieties out there? I could spend hours mulling over the hundreds of choices but alas, my eye’s are...
by Shelley Levis
Now that the soil preparation is done it’s time to get sowing the vegetable bed. I have done my fair share of starting seeds indoors over the years but I’ve found the best success is to direct sow if you can. Sowing seeds is easy. Here is the...
by Shelley Levis
It’s time to get planting here in the Pacific Northwest but before we start sowing our precious little packets of seeds, we need to get the soil ready. This tutorial is for preparing a garden for planting using an old fashioned method called double digging. If...
by Shelley Levis
The Dirt on Composting Nothing says spring like the sound of lawnmowers and the smell of fresh-cut grass. This weekend ritual leads to grass clippings and the dilemma of what to do with the waste. Most people bag this and kick it to the curb for the greens truck to...
by Shelley Levis
It’s time to reveal the seed choices for my 2012 Vegetable Garden. I decided for the purpose of this on going blog project to stick with one seed company, West Coast Seeds, as they seemed to match my seed selection criteria this year. The points that had to be...
by Shelley Levis
From Grocery Bag to Garden Bed This tutorial is dedicated to starting to grow vegetables using produce that you picked up from the grocery store. I’m certain everyone has seen the pictures where you can grow celery from the base on Pinterest . Well, I had...
