Posts tagged home gardening
A Guide to Season Switching
A Guide to Season Switching

A step-by-step guide to season switching in your garden.

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Garden Maintenance, Home Gardening, Planting, SeasonalEmma Samuelsongarden guide, garden maintenance, garden harvest, garden design, garden schedule, garden methods, garden planning, gardening, garden, garden crops, beginner gardener, season switch, season, seasonal, sea, home gardening, home gardener, planting, plants, container planting, fall, summer garden, summer, spring, winter, winter garden, winter crops, growing organic food, design, step-by-step-guide, how-to-plant, how-to, diy, DIYComment
Permie Notes: Permaculture Principles to Ponder
Permie Notes: Permaculture Principles to Ponder

A breakdown of the 12 design principles of permaculture to help guide you in practicing a more sustainable way of gardening, farming, and tending to your plants.

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Home Gardening, Gardening History, PermacultureEmma Samuelsonpermaculture, principles, design, garden design, garden methods, home gardening, agriculture, sustainable, gardening, garden guide, resources, mollison, holmgren, hemenway, renewable energy, environmental justice, practices, grow, garden, garden techniquesComment
To Seed or Not To Seed: Indoor vs. Outdoor
To Seed or Not To Seed: Indoor vs. Outdoor

A blog post outlining the rules of thumb for seeding indoors or outdoors in your home garden. As spring approaches, it is essential to know how to plant your crops to yield the best results.

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Planting, Home GardeningEmma Samuelsonhome gardening, home gardener, plants, seeding, seed trays, starts, nursery starts, roots, bulbs, tubers, planting, spring, winter, gardening, garden, garden planning, garden maintenance, garden cropsComment
Winter Flowers in the Bay Area
Winter Flowers in the Bay Area

Winter flowers are few and far between, but Earth Witch has some insight on what kind of flowers to grow and how to keep your winter garden looking beautiful and full of color and life in this short and sweet blog post.

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Home Gardening, Seasonal, FlowersEmma Samuelsonhome gardening, home gardener, flowers, winter, winter crops, winter garden, tulips, citrus flowers, painted tongue, sweet pea, season, seasonal, cool season crops, cold weather, pinching, winter flowersComment
The Simple Side of Soil
The Simple Side of Soil

A breakdown of basic soil science, what constitutes the perfect garden soil, and some guidance on amending and tending to your soil for long-term health.

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Home Gardening, Garden Maintenance, AgronomyEmma Samuelsonsoil, hand soil test, garden maintenance, gardening, garden, soil science, soil maintenance, home gardening, home gardener, compost, season switch, loam, silt, clay, sand, soil texture, earth witch gardening, earthworm, beneficial insect, microorganismComment
I Need Some Space: Taming Invasive Plants
I Need Some Space: Taming Invasive Plants

Tips on identifying and controlling invasive plant species in your garden.

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Home Gardening, Garden MaintenanceEmma Samuelsongarden, home gardening, invasive, invasive plant species, garden maintenance, earth witch gardening, edible weeds, home gardener, thistle, himalayan blackberry, tree of heaven, oxalis, ivy, bermuda grass, dandelion, wild fennel, tree removal, gardening, weeds, mulch, soil, removing plants, ecosystem, Pacific Northwest, CaliforniaComment