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INDOOR GARDENING
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PRESERVING
- Why Preserve Food
- Canning for Beginners Guide
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Elle Reed

A lady is gardening in a city apartment, Click and grow, smart gardening in an apartment

Indoor Gardening

Best How-to Guide to Gardening in an Apartment

April 22, 2024

vertplanter is a great indoor planter

Buying Guides / Indoor Gardening

My Honest Vertplanter Review | What to Know First

April 7, 2024

metal bird art hammered into a tree at dusk. These birds are beautiful gardening gift ideas for mom

15 of the Best Gardening Gift Ideas For Mom She’ll Never Suspect!

March 30, 2024

garden shears in a bamboo box. great gifts for gardeners who have everything

15 Perfect Gifts for the Gardener Who Has Everything

March 27, 2024

SAGE food cycler compost grinder

Buying Guides / Composting

Uncover the Best Compost Grinder Machine & Why You Need One!

March 7, 2024

closeup of strawberry plant

Planting Guides

How to Grow Strawberries in 5 Simple Steps

February 15, 2024

shitake mushroom long

14 Unique Gifts for Organic Gardeners You Never Thought Off

January 29, 2024

learning how to grow tomatoes indoors with lights produces healthy tomatoes like the fruit on this vine

Indoor Gardening / Planting Guides

11 Top Tips on How To Grow Tomatoes Indoors With Lights

January 2, 2024

worm farming can be enjoyable. we look at the best worm composting bins like this one by subpod

Buying Guides / Composting / Worm Farming

Best Worm Composters of 2025: Who Takes First Place?

January 1, 2024

CHOOSING A COMPOSTER THAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU

Composting / Traditional Composting

11 Factors in Deciding Where to Place Your Compost Bin

January 1, 2024

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Today was the start of our seasonal jar club. What

Today was the start of our seasonal jar club. What a wonderful afternoon it was connecting with a like-minded community (feel free to ask questions below if you're curious to know what it's all about)

The best things in life aren’t things... they’re shared moments, cherished friendships, and the love poured into what we create together.

#jarclub #seasonalproduce

Don’t let your broccoli, cauliflower, or cabbage

Don’t let your broccoli, cauliflower, or cabbages all ripen at once. 🥬🥦Stagger plant your seedlings so you don't end up with 8 cabbages all ready the same week! Plant every 1-2 weeks, and you'll have a nice steady supply.

What do you always end up with a 'glut' of?

#beginnervegetablegardening #VeggieGarden #GrowYourOwn #GardeningHacks

Why do I put carpet under my seedling pots in the

Why do I put carpet under my seedling pots in the greenhouse? 🌱It’s not just for looks! The carpet helps regulate temperature by insulating the pots from the cold ground, retains moisture to keep the area humid, and makes cleanup a breeze. Little tricks like this make a big difference when nurturing delicate seedlings. 🥦 Have you tried this in your greenhouse? Let me know below!

#beginnervegetablegardening #thepotagerproject #seedlings #growingseeds

Ever been greeted by a swarm of fruit flies when y

Ever been greeted by a swarm of fruit flies when you remove the lid from your compost bin? Same!
The trick....add more carbon aka "brown" materials! 🟤 Dead leaves, twigs, torn paper or small sticks will all do the trick.

When there are flies buzzing around it's because there's an abundance of "greens" aka nitrogen 🟢 in your compost bin from food scraps and the likes. If you aim to make a "compost sandwich", layering brown and green material in your bin this will quickly take care of the problem as well as reduce any smells!

#beginnervegetablegardening #thepotagerproject #homesteading #composting

Spring is here and we have just picked the last of

Spring is here and we have just picked the last of our oranges for the season! Time to give out trees a little love.
Here are my top tips for caring for your citrus...

🍊Citrus need 2 feeds: one mid spring – when soils have warmed, and one mid summer.

The last, mid summer feed is really important for young trees, to inspire strong growth while it's warm, boosting them to be a little bigger and bolder before they take on winter.

🍊 First, remove all rotten fruit from under the trees to prevent disease

🍊 Sprinkle citrus fertilizer around the 'drip line' when you fertilize, dig it in and water well and/or cover with a layer of mulch or compost.

#growingcitrus #caringforcitrus #thepotagerproject #beginnervegetablegardening

Join our vegetable gardening community! 🍅🌽🥦 You'll find a community of like minded gardeners wanting to connect, learn, and grow together. A space where you can share your gardening experiences, ask questions, and get advice from both fellow beginners and seasoned gardeners!

Check my bio for the 🔗 or drop a comment below and I'll send it to you!

I can't wait to see you there ☺️

#beginnervegetablegardening #thepotagerproject #learntogrowfood

This evening I felt like I was winning at life...h

This evening I felt like I was winning at life...homemade tortillas served with fresh ingredients 🍅 🥕 🌶️ 🫑 fresh from the garden. Accompanied not with a cliche glass of wine, but a tasty mocktail of nourishing #essentialoils and my daily #ningxiared antioxidant and vitamin drink- delish!

To top it all off, this past year I've dreamed of making my own #sourdough, and last week I finally took the plunge, bought a course, and my daughter and I have made it our mission to master sourdough together! 🍞

Mostly because it's so much better for our gut, but also because I don't agree with the govt force medicating the population, and it's such a wonderful activity I can do with my daughter. We can't wait to explore the delicious world of sourdough creations (watch this space!)

I'd say it's been a pretty good day ☺️

What have you always wanted to do? I hope I have inspired you to take a step towards your goal!

#homesteading #thepotagerproject #beginnervegetablegardening

This week we harvested the community corn patch 🌽 The harvest was a lot of fun but unfortunately not as bountiful as we initially hoped.

Still, any seasoned gardener will tell you that every growing season is about learning and trying something new next time.

So...here are my top 3 learnings from growing corn this year:

1️⃣ We planted too late (around New years). If we'd planted before Christmas the plants would've been bigger and stronger, resulting in a higher yield

2️⃣ Corn has an ideal harvest window of two weeks. This is when it's the sweetest and most juicy. Miss this and the starch in the corn rises making it chewy and unsuitable to store. Slice it off and pop it in the freezer

3️⃣ Beware of pests! Army worms, ants and rats got to our corn this year due to the fact we harvested late. Lucky them, lesson learned for us.

#growingcorn #beginnervegetablegardening #thepotagerproject #gardeninglessons

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