How to Harvest Basil
Get more from your basil through harvesting. It’s simple. The more you pick the more it grows.
Here's Why Harvesting Basil Grows More Basil
Basil, like...
Kitchen Garden: Planting in Galvanized Containers
Growing a vegetable garden in recycled containers is all the rage, but are there risks? I was reminded of this looming question when a...
Grow Plants for Free: How to Propagate Rosemary From Cuttings
Would you like to grow plants for free?
When I was young, it was common for my mother to send me to the neighbors...
Tricks for Thinning Carrots: The Things We Do For Love
My hopeless love of homegrown carrots sometimes feels like opening Pandora's Box -- they can be challenging to sow, taunt foes like carrot flies...
What is N-P-K?
Here's a look at that burning question, N-P-K? What is it all about anyway?
It's on nearly every package of everything plant related, compost, fertilizers,...
Extend Your Growing Season with this Row Cover Cheat Sheet
A scant few millimeters of row cover fabric could be your secret to a thriving, successful garden — especially when the mercury drops. The...
How to Attract Ladybugs to Your Garden
Are you wishing ladybugs would find your garden as easily as aphids? Never fear, the trick for attracting ladybugs to your garden begins with...
How to Grow Blueberries, Identify Weeds & Choose the Best Plants
You may be asking many of the same questions as other gardeners. How to grow blueberries, care for grapes, identify weeds, and choose the...
How to Start a No Dig Garden
If you’d like to understand how to start a no dig garden but aren’t sure where to begin, it’s first important to think like an ecosystem. How does nature plant itself? Then use the basic principles outlined below, experiment, and learn as you grow.
Tips for Selecting Soil at Your Garden Center
Selecting compost or planting mix can feel like gambling. You know soil is the heart of your garden, that what you grow and how...
The Best Soil For Your Garden (And You)
The best soil for your garden (and you) is organic and chemical free.
Here’s Why.
Soil is teaming with life. Worms have been touted as...
Regenerative Gardening: How it Works
Regenerative gardening scales practices common in regenerative farming. But what does this mean and how does it work?
Regenerative Organics for Home Gardens and Cityscapes
You...
5 Secrets to Jump Start Your Summer Garden
Jump start your summer garden with a handful of easy to follow tips and a copy of Grow What You Love!
*Giveaway is Closed*
Grow What...
What is Organic and Why is it Important?
So what does organic mean and why is it important?
Organic is organic, right? It’s a ubiquitous term and an adjective used to describe everything...
Pruning 101: What to Prune When
Ever get confused as to what to prune when? Or simply wonder where to begin?
The good news is, there's no rush to prune. In...
Regenerative Gardening: A Primer for the Home Gardener
Are you a home gardener looking for a regenerative gardening primer? Or are you wondering what regenerative gardening is, anyway? Honestly, I think you’ll...
How to Grow More Vegetables with Less Space
The secret to growing more in less space starts with love.
What do you love to eat? What can you add to your life that...
Pass The Pistil Giveaway: Gilmour’s Top 5 Watering Tools
Once you’ve had a taste of the right tool for the job, it’s hard to go backwards — especially when it comes to watering....
6 Solutions for Successful Container Gardening
Container gardening is often easier and just as rewarding as gardening in the ground. You can focus your attention on just those plants you’ve...
Tool Time | Ames Spring Tool Giveaway
Use a pencil as a transplanter or a can for making newspaper seedling pots, both indispensable when it comes to seeding and transplanting seedlings....