Help! I’m drowning in zucchini! How can I preserve some for later? If you ask me, freezing is my favorite method of preserving my harvest. Wondering how to freeze zucchini? You can freeze zucchini whole, sliced, shredded, and spiralized. It’s so easy! See below for details on every method of freezing zucchini. Zucchini is a…
Not a common color among flowering plants, blue adds a unique beauty to the garden. Its calming hue invites wanderers to pause and take notice. Blue annuals are especially versatile, offering bold pops of color that refresh your garden design from season to season. Whether you want to accent a serene cottage border, enhance a…
Have you noticed that people who spend their golden years fussing over petunias and pruning tomatoes often look like they’ve stumbled on the fountain of youth? It may be hidden behind the compost pile, but it’s undeniable. It’s more than grandma’s garden lore; researchers have been snooping around the science of it, and the results…
Tomatoes are the crown jewel of the summer garden—bursting with flavor, glowing in the sun, and showing off their juicy charm in salads, sauces, and sandwiches. But with all the advice out there, it’s easy to get tangled in tomato-growing myths that do more harm than good. Should you prune every sucker? Water daily? Only…
Deadheading—removing faded blooms—is often touted as a must-do gardening chore to encourage more flowers. And for many annuals and perennials, it really works! But not every plant benefits from this snipping ritual. In fact, some flowers are self-cleaning, meaning they drop spent blooms on their own. Others have an indeterminate bloom pattern, and cutting their…
There is an astonishingly long list of plants poisonous to cats! So, as a cat owner, you may be wondering: Are aloe plants poisonous to cats? If you are a keen gardener and cat lover, it’s best to know which ones to avoid, particularly if your feline likes to chew on things. Aloes make a…
There are days when the idea of turning on a stove or oven is just too much. Maybe it’s scorching hot outside, or maybe you’ve had one of those days where even the thought of boiling water feels like an insurmountable task. Great news: you don’t have to sacrifice taste or satisfaction just because you’re…
Have any recent events made you pause and think about growing more of the food your family needs? I know that’s the case for us. While we’ve been gardening for years, I didn’t really know what victory gardens were. So, I decided to learn more about how to grow a victory garden, and thankfully, one…
If you missed the spring rush, you’re probably in good company with fellow late starters, procrastinators, and overthinkers. They’re somewhere, staring at bare garden beds and wondering if it’s too late to grow anything from seed now that summer is nearly halfway gone. It’s not! Luckily, plenty of herbs, flowers, and vegetables are still on…