This post is sponsored by EcoScraps, but all opinions (as always!) are my own. Gardening is a wonderful pastime for all ages. I personally enjoy planning, planting, maintaining and harvesting my large vegetable garden and taking care of the flower boxes and pots I decorate around my house with each year. Life is full of… Keep Reading
Kitchen Windowsill Herb Garden
This time of year is such a tease when you live in Upstate New York. One day it will be drizzly and 38, a few days later you’ll get some 65 and sunny weather that will lull you into dragging out your shorts. Then next thing you know *bam* back to the low 30’s and… Keep Reading
How to Start Your Own Seeds
We are starting to have the first signs of spring here in Upstate New York. Warm afternoons where you can skip the hat and gloves, or even (*gasp*) go outside without a coat occasionally. Sure–we could still get a snowstorm or two, and I wouldn’t unpack my Capri’s just yet. . . but it’s starting… Keep Reading
Creating a Container Herb Garden
Springtime is always exciting after the long, cold, dreary winters in Upstate New York. We are all starved for sunshine and warmth! I love when the snow melts and you start to smell the damp fresh of grass and soil. One of the most satisfying thing for me about spring is getting our vegetable and… Keep Reading
Mulching the Spring Vegetable Garden
One of the things I’ve been working on frantically–between extended family crisises, trips to the Walmart HQ, and frequent rain showers–is getting my gardens weeded and mulched. The back garden is mulched again this year in straw. I purchased 3 bales from Tractor Supply. They were far to expensive, but it was all I could… Keep Reading
This Is The Year to Start Your Garden.
Have you been thinking for a few years about starting a garden? What has stopped you? I asked the folks over on the Frugal Upstate Facebook page and got a variety of answers: Karina: Lack of information, bad soil and no idea how to fix it, fear of investing money/time/resources into something that will get… Keep Reading
Quick Tip: Cooking Radishes
Radishes are one of those vegetables that everyone seems to plant. . . and yet when you ask if they actually LIKE radishes, well, many do not. I think they are planted simply for the satisfaction of watching something that grows so quickly and lushly. It makes any gardener feel accomplished (unless you get the… Keep Reading
Filler Ideas for Large Planters
When it comes to gardening I admit that my main concern is edibles–I just love having and tending my vegetable gardens, processing the food and enjoying the bounty all year. But I do enjoy a pretty flower now and then, and when it comes to my big wrap around front porch I’m actually quite vain…. Keep Reading
Starting Seeds
Hello, my name is Jenn. . . and I’m addicted to seeds: Yup, that’s right. . . I have a problem! I just love buying seeds. Those gardening catalogs that start arriving around January are like crack to me. Half price seeds late in the gardening season? Yup, those too. And then to make it… Keep Reading
How to Save Seeds (from Kale, Turnip, Beans & more)
This year as the new gardening season kicks off I am using, for the first time, some seeds that I saved myself! Seed saving starts with your initial seed choice, so believe it or not early spring is a great time to talk about how to save your own seeds. In it’s essence seed saving… Keep Reading
