I’ve been vegetable gardening for 17 years!
And I’m happy to share what I’ve learned!
2026 Garden Preseason
So much happens before we see our plants growing in the garden. Join me for a tour of my garden beds and plan for the coming year.
Seed Starting
One of the best ways to save money, grow unique varieties, and extend your growing season is by starting seeds indoors. Here are the ins and outs that I’ve learned along the way.
Check out these Gardening Blog posts!
The Real Cost Benefit of a Home Garden
“I spent $300 and got one jalapeño and three tomatoes.” Sound familiar? It’s become the trendy narrative among gardening influencers that a vegetable garden is nothing more than an expensive hobby. I wholeheartedly disagree and I have the numbers to prove it. I mean unless you’re just a really bad gardener, in which case, stop…
How and Why to Trim Tomato Leaves
Should you prune your tomatoes? *Spoiler Alert* Yes, you probably should be cutting some of your tomato leaves. I say probably because I loathe blanket gardening advice. Nuance is what is missing in most conversations about most things these days. I digress. When to cut tomato leaves? When they are sick! Obviously. Septoria speckles? Big…
Planting Tomatoes – with a glove stealing puppy
I planted my tomatoes EARLY this year. Weeks early. I’ve done this before and lost some plants to frost damage. This year I was better prepared. First, historic data of when your last frost date falls is very important. Because the weather forecast app can change faster than you can refresh the page. So this…
Get new content delivered directly to your inbox
(Be sure to confirm your subscription!)
Living Wildly Well 