Small, but Mighty
You might have a small garden, but with the right spacing, care and attention your small garden plot can feed both you and your neighbors without a ton of food waste. Come along on my journey and I’ll show you some ideas that might work for your space.
Finding the space to grow vegetables and flowers is easy once you figure out how you enjoy your yard, deck, patio or small plot. With a bit of thought you’ll have veggies, flowers, water for bees and birds and so much more.
A bullfrog might even sing to you at night – who knows?
Read some stories, get inspired to pick up some starters and rely more on yourself and your growing garden for your food supply. – Gina
Pansies, Daddy-o!
In South Jersey it feels like pansies get everything started. It’s your first plant from the garden store, you grab tht first bag of soil and choose your colors. It’s an instant smile on a gardener’s face for sure! Read more about my first group this Spring of 2026.
Gardener’s Pokémon: Seeds
A variety of seeds will help you move from strictly transplanting plants from garden shops to planting seedlings in cold February. It gets you a bit more excited watching these little seedlings literally take root. Give it a try sometime. Hopeful anticipation I call it!
Cucumbers, the summer staple
Show me a healthy lunch and I’ll show you a cucumber in there somewhere. Whether it’s as garnish hanging out with it’s friends the orange pepper, snappy celery, bright radishes or maybe the cucumbers are solo as a side salad. Be sure to have many cucumbers on hand for snacks, salads and main dishes too!
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Bunnies and Bullfrogs (Share the Garden)
I have developed an understanding with the bunnies and bullfrogs in my garden due to necessity. This year I doubted my ability to grow anything from seed so what did I do? I planted double the amount of seeds inside the house in March thinking half would die off. And you know what happened…
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Cucumbers: The Fun Vegetable
Cucumber Meals, Snacks and Sides Cucumbers are one of those summer staples that appearing as a main dish, side show or a crunchy snack. Either way, it has a delightful light flavor and is hydrating and full of nutrients. Cut Cucumbers into uniform small pieces. Cucumbers work well with radishes, celery, peppers, onions, endive,…
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Pansies, Daddy-o!
I’m way into the veggie season and my plants and flowers are all starting to come in nicely. In the beginning of the spring here in South Jersey there is an abundance of pansies so this year I joined the craze. I’ve got three pots of various pansy sizes – purple, white and yellow.…