Plants Grow Us

A Kitchen Garden and a Vegetable Garden are not the same.  Here I share what makes a Kitchen Garden.

Regular, consistent watering is essential for healthy plants and gardens.In this Episode 16, we discover how to water our plants.

Aphids are one of the most common garden pests.They suck the sap from our plants and can quickly destroy them.However, there are some things we can do to minimize their occurrence and the devastation they impart upon our plants.

Plants grown inside from seed require a hardening off period.This process is essential to a successful transplant outside.

It is a joy to spend time outside just being.I spent a beautiful Sunday outside with my precious, precious Grandson,I encourage you to spend time outside...with no plans.It may be the best day of your life!

There is a solution to your "deer problem".Deer Leerious Plants make it easy for you to know which perennials - flowers, grasses and shrubs are highly deer (unfriendly)http://www.deerleeriousplants.com/

We uncover why, when, where and how to prune indeterminate and deteminate tomatoes. 

Tomatoes are a garden favorite.  They are easy to grow but have a few critical requirements.  Let's discover the best way to grow them from seed started indoors.

As we garden, we nurture ourselves with a few of our favorite things.  Here I share a few of mine and hopefully you will discover your own!

Get to know your climate and the families of fruits, vegetables and herbs which thrive in the warm and hot seasons.

Plant timing is everthing!  We must know our unique climate and what plants thrive in what climate or season.  Recent unpredictable weather is cause for concern to gardeners, however knowing when to plant is the first step to successful gardening even in the cold season.

Marigolds are a miracle in the garden!  In this Episode I pay tribute to this remarkable flower deep rooted in history and the present.  Enjoy.

One of the miracles of gardening is the people we meet and the conversations we have.  In this Episode I share some of my reflections on conversations in the garden.  We discover how what we need to know in the garden is the same as what we come to know in life.

Plants are life giving. We explore all that they do for us through the process of photosynthesis.

The soil is the foundation for our seeds and seedlings.  In nature the soil develops over time and provides the ideal growing ground for the right seed.  However raised bed and container gardens require a special formulation of soil for our plants to thrive and produce beautiful, bountiful fruits, vegetables and flowers.In this Episode we explore the role of soil, its, components and the ways in which each component is a vital element of soil with its attributes and challenges.We also  gain insight to the perfect soil...the foundation of the most beautiful harvests.

The Garden has many lessons.  In this Episode we share insights from the Rose and the Dandelion to explore lessons of: The power of Being You, Persistence and Perseverance and Patience and Peace of mind.  

A Journey through the gardener's treasured seed catalog.

I am excited to welcome you to my new adventure, Plants Grow Us.In this Trailer, I share some of the reasons I garden, which include being outside, working up close with nature, providing healthy nutrition and instilling the best eating habits for my Grandson, fun and enlightening conversations and comraderie with friends and community, and the pure enjoyment and exquisite beauty that we can create in Raised Bed, or Kitchen Gardens.I touch the surface of how gardening connects us to family and friends, and most importantly the phenomenal benefits of spending time planting and providing tender-loving care to our plants, lovingly known as our plant babies.We discover, unearth and celebrate, out loud, life changing intrinsic growth as we fully embrace the time we spend, lessons we learn, challenges we face and overcome, successes we cherish and share, experiences we appreciate and stories we tell...as we grow plants and Plants Grow Us, in the garden.  I invite you to come with us on this life changing journey in the garden. My wish is that you and I reap the countless joys as a garden povides "all the things" we seach for.  Let's Grow!