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Do You Need A Winter R.E.S.T?

GardenEase is reader-supported. When you buy through links on the newsletter, we may earn an affiliate commission. GardenEase Newsletter The more you know, the more you grow! A Winter R.E.S.T. January 15, 2026 Hi Reader! And here we are ... mid-January 2026 already. It seems like so much has happened during the two-week life of this new year. My garden is in survival mode as usual this time of the year. Collards, turnips, Swiss chard, and spinach, are alive and growing. They have endured...

GardenEase is reader-supported. When you buy through links on the newsletter, we may earn an affiliate commission. 🥳🥕 The Gardening Newsletter 🥕🥳 The more you know, the more you grow! January 1, 2026 A Fresh New Year and an End of the Year Photo Shoot Hi Reader! Happy New Year, my friend! We made it! 🎊🎉🥳🎊 In this edition: New Year Gratitude The Rest of Winter Winter Garden Photo Shoot I love a new year. It's a restart, a chance to reflect and to dream about the new days to come. I'm not big...

lettuce growing in an old flower pot

GardenEase is reader-supported. When you buy through links on the newsletter, we may earn an affiliate commission. 🥕 The Gardening Newsletter 🥕 The more you know, the more you grow! 12/16/25 What's One of the Easiest Foods to Grow? Hi Reader! Just a short note here. This time of the year is sloooooow in the garden. The days are crisp; sometimes sunny and sometimes not. The nights are long and dark. I really have to fight hard to stay active because my sofa, blanket and pjs start calling my...

GardenEase is reader-supported. When you buy through links on the newsletter, we may earn an affiliate commission. 🥕 The Gardening Newsletter 🥕 The more you know, the more you grow! December 2, 2025 A Winter Sneak Peak Hi Reader! I hope you had a THANKFUL Thanksgiving! I sure did. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I don't have much to say here. I just wanted to show you how I kept my fall garden alive during a couple of 'freakishly' freezing nights. What's going on? Mid-November...

GardenEase is reader-supported. When you buy through links on the newsletter, we may earn an affiliate commission. 🥕 The Gardening Newsletter 🥕 The more you know, the more you grow! November 11, 2025 FALL Time For Much Needed Rest Hi Reader! When I started gardening in 2020 I was fully gripped by the 2021 gardening season. I used to tell myself that I needed a whole acre, a small barn, chickens ... all of the homestead necessities, but I still only had a small subdivision backyard. Now, in...

Roselle Flower

🥕 The Gardening Newsletter 🥕 The more you know, the more you grow! October 28, 2025 Growing Roselle Hi Reader! I'm excited to share this edition! For the first time this past summer I grew ... ROSELLE! Have you ever heard of it. You probably have. It's also known as Hibiscus, Red Sorrel, Florida Cranberry, and a few other names. Let's find out about it! In this edition: A bit of history and the edible parts of Roselle My experience growing Roselle What to do with it I didn't wake up one day...

GardenEase is reader-supported. When you buy through links on the newsletter, we may earn an affiliate commission. 🥕 The Gardening Newsletter 🥕 The more you know, the more you grow! October 14, 2025 The 2025 Summer Garden Wrap-Up Hi Reader! Each year in the month of March, I get the summer gardening itch! The temperatures start to rise a bit, each day there is a minute or two more of daylight, and the aroma of Spring wafts in the March winds. All of these things happened this year, and before...

GardenEase is reader-supported. When you buy through links on the newsletter, we may earn an affiliate commission. 🥕 The Gardening Newsletter 🥕 The more you know, the more you grow! September 30, 2025 Thank You for Hanging With Me! Hi Reader! It's been a whole year since I started the GardenEase Newsletter. Can you believe it!? Thank you for following along on the journey. When I started, I didn't know what would happen. I only knew I wanted to share my gardening adventures with someone ......

GardenEase is reader-supported. When you buy through links on the newsletter, we may earn an affiliate commission. The more you know, the more you grow. September 16, 2025 This Week's Garden GabGRAPE ADVENTURES Hi Reader! I'm the kind of gardener that will try to grow anything, but growing grapes was not on my radar at all. Early one Sunday morning in the Fall of 2023, I stopped at a Walmart before church to pick up something in the gardening department. Passing through I saw a bin of...

GardenEase is reader-supported. When you buy through links on the newsletter, we may earn an affiliate commission. The more you know, the more you grow. September 2, 2025 This Week's Garden GabWhy I Can't Live My Best Garden Life Hi Reader! It's a good thing I didn't know these rabbits would be such a bane to my existence when I started gardening. I had no idea they were so destructive. My more rabbit-sensitive friends kept reminding me that "They must be hungry." Yeah, uh-huh. In this...