A Southern Soil & Sunshine Guide Rooted in Intuitive Gardening 🌞 Introduction: Gaps Are Invitations, Not Failures You’ve harvested your radishes, pulled out a scraggly lettuce that bolted in the heat, or maybe lost a few seedlings to hungry bugs. What’s left behind is a bare patch of soil—and a decision. You could ignore it….
A Faithful Check-In Beneath the Surface Every summer, usually around late June, I hit a stretch where my garden just… pauses. Things slow down. Plants don’t look as vibrant. My watering schedule hasn’t changed, and the sun is still shining, but something feels off. For a long time, I assumed it was just the heat….
Say goodbye to soggy roots and hello to healthy growth! 🧡 A Note from My Garden to Yours If you’ve ever watched your seedlings yellow, wilt, or just… stall out after a good rain, poor drainage might be to blame. In my early gardening days, I thought I just had “bad luck” with certain crops….
Set the Stage for a Thriving Late Summer Garden! 🧡 A Note from My Garden to Yours July is a funny time in the garden. Some beds are bursting with life—tomatoes climbing high, basil spilling over the sides—while others start to look tired and bare.When the first flush of spring crops finish up, it’s tempting…
How to revive your garden beds and set the stage for a thriving fall harvest By the time July rolls around, our garden soil has been through the wringer. Tomatoes, peppers, squash—all those heavy feeders have been working overtime, and the blazing heat doesn’t help. If you’re in Zone 9 like me, you know we’ve…
Let me tell you a little secret about gardening in a hot climate: Mulch isn’t optional—it’s essential.🌞 I learned this the hard way in my early gardening days. I’d spend hours watering in the morning, only to find my plants wilting by midday, the soil cracking open like desert clay, and weeds popping up like…
