Martinis and Marigolds - Refreshingly Quick Tips for Home and Garden
Spring Gardening Questions and Answers
Mar 20, 2025
Spring is finally here so the amount of questions popping up in on-line gardening groups is increasing. I love participating in these groups, trying to answer questions and/or give advice.
There are a few questions that keep coming up over and over and at least one that I never thought about.
Read on for the questions and my answers!
Growing Herbs Indoors Made Easy
Feb 27, 2025
I see lots of people in gardening groups just itching to plant even though it's still cold outside where they live. Houseplants are great but some of us are looking for more. However, I found a way to add to my indoor gardening and have delicious herbs to use in my cooking.
Read on to find out how to grow herbs (and other plants) indoors quickly and easily.
Herbal Harvest
Aug 29, 2024
If you’re like me, when fall rolls around and frost is on the horizon, you hate to just throw the plants away.
And if you've grown herbs you probably have a lot of wonderful foliage on your plants. So what’s a gardener to do with all of this beautiful herb foliage?
Happily there are lots of ways to preserve your herbs for use during the cold of winter.
Read on to find out how!
An Herb and A Spice in One
Jul 28, 2023
This year, when I planted my small raised bed vegetable garden of tomatoes, bell peppers, jalapeños, cucumbers and zucchini, I made sure to reserve some space for one of my favorite herbs, cilantro. Previously, I didn’t always try to grow it with my other herbs because it can be frustrating to try to grow. But it can also be fun to grow at the same time. What???
Let’s take a look at this plant which seems to have a very ‘split’ personality and I’ll explain what I mean.
Read on to find out why planting cilantro is a great idea.