by Whitney Anderson | May 13, 2021 | Gardening
I signed up for an online class about Virginia native plants several months ago sort of on a whim. I really signed up for it because of the words “Virginia” and “plants” and thought it would be great to learn more. Well, I missed the key word,...
by Whitney Anderson | Apr 5, 2021 | Gardening, Wildlife
When I started my garden, I had a fence using T posts and plastic deer fence. It worked for deer but didn’t keep out smaller animals that would come in underneath it. This year, since I was expanding the garden, I wanted to improve the deer fence as well. We...
by Whitney Anderson | Mar 24, 2021 | Garden Technology, Gardening
If you have many different types of plants that you are growing, it can get confusing. I will show you how to organize your seed packets and all of your plant details, while making the information easily accessible from anywhere. I will also give you my template to...
by Whitney Anderson | Jan 26, 2021 | Gardening
After battling cabbage worms and losing, I decided to eliminate the problem by creating my own row cover hoops, which also work for frost protection, too. After setting up the row cover, I had no issues whatsoever with my next batch of cole crops. I even saw the pesky...
by Whitney Anderson | Dec 19, 2020 | Gardening
For years, I wanted a bigger garden than my tiny little 4 x 6 patch. I got caught up in decision paralysis, but my biggest quandary was where would I put a bigger garden? I didn’t feel like I had the ideal spot on a small suburban lot with a wide, shallow,...
