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. April 8, 2025 This Week's Garden Gab: The Garden Is Slowly Awakening Hi Reader! I love this time of the year. Everything is waking up. Let's take our first tour of the garden this year. Education: At the end of each gardening season, I tell myself that the garden for the following season will smaller because many of my plants will not survive...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
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. March 25, 2025 This Week's Garden Gab: I Started My Seedlings Hi Reader! I'm not fond of starting seedlings inside but it must be done in order for some vegetables to show up at the right time during the summer. As I mentioned in a previous version, I started tomatoes, peppers, basil, and a few flowers. The set up is in my spare bedroom,...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
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. March 18, 2025 This Week's Garden Gab: 18 Newbie Gardener Tips Hi Reader! Hey Friend! I was recently thinking about how quickly the past four years of gardening has passed. I was a blank sheet when I started. There was so much to learn, and still lots more to. There are things I wish I had known when I started; just small tips that would have...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
GardenEase is reader-supported. When you buy through links on the newsletter, we may earn an affiliate commission. Quick-Tip Report The more you know, the more you grow! March 12,2025 It's time! For what? ... to get those tomato, pepper and eggplant seeds started indoors. My first year of growing I planted lots of bell pepper and eggplant seeds as soon as it was warm enough outside for them to grow... sometime in April here in Zone 8a. Well, a few weeks after Labor Day (🙄) I had the most...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
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. March 6, 2025 This Week's Garden Gab: What Kind of Seeds Should You Buy? Hi Reader! **Alert** This is going to be a beefy edition. Lots of good links for places to buy seeds. It's time to start thinking about seeds! So, during my first year of gardening, I strolled into the Garden Center at my local big box store and bought seeds. I looked...
2 months ago • 5 min read
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. February 28, 2025 This Week's Garden GabWinter Sowing: I'm Trying a New Technique Hi Reader! This is the time of year when I start getting antsy! I want to get outside and start working in the garden. I've started planning my Spring layout, etc. already ... in my mind of course, because today's high temperature on this lovely February day...
2 months ago • 3 min read
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. February 18, 2025 This Week's Garden Gab: Flowers For Your Vegetable Garden Hi Reader! Today is a faux (fake) Spring Day in my part of the country; the sun is shining, blue skies, and 70 degrees. Of course, I clicked into garden-mode but I know better than to go out and do anything except clean up last season's mess because no doubt another...
3 months ago • 3 min read
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. February 11, 2025 This Week's Garden Gab: Rooting for Rutabagas Hi Reader! I'm here to stick up for a 'lesser known' root vegetable; the Rutabaga. It seems when I mention rutabagas, some know what it is but most don't have a clue. So, let's get into it. In this edition: What is a Rutabaga? History of the Rutabaga My Beautiful Harvest A Couple...
3 months ago • 3 min read
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. January 28, 2025 This Week's Garden Gab: Mourning my Citrus Grove Efforts Hi Reader! I give up! I don't say that often but in this case ... I give up. My dream of growing citrus fruit in my backyard has come to an end. In this edition: Why I Grew Citrus Trees What Happened Why I Quit Education: One of the fun things about gardening for me is...
3 months ago • 3 min read