A gentle guide to ending the season with wisdom, not waste. 🌿 Opening Reflection: Clearing Isn’t the End—It’s a Beginning By late summer, many beds are wild with spent vines, dry stems, fallen fruit, and tangled weeds. It’s tempting to rip everything out and start fresh. But in the rush to “clean up,” it’s easy…
Some mornings, before I even put the kettle on, I wander into the garden barefoot. It started years ago as a whim—an innocent desire to connect with the earth before the day rushed in. But over time, this ritual became something sacred. My feet became scouts, sensing shifts in my garden’s health before I noticed…
Give your garden (and your soul) space to bounce back. By the time August rolls around, even the most cheerful gardens can start to feel a little… exhausted. Tomatoes droop, zinnias sulk, cucumbers get bitter, and suddenly everything you lovingly planted in spring seems to be struggling. If you’ve ever stood in the heat, hose…
A Southern Soil & Sunshine Guide Rooted in Intuition, Efficiency, and Grace 🌞 Introduction: When the Heat and Space Feel Too Small There’s a moment every summer—usually sometime after lunch when the air feels heavy and your mulch looks like scorched paper—when the garden feels like a losing battle. The space is small. The sun…
A Southern Soil & Sunshine Guide Rooted in Renewal and Intuitive Gardening 🌞 Introduction: What Happens When You Don’t Rotate In my early gardening days, I planted tomatoes in the same corner every year. That sunny little spot was just so perfect. But by year three, something shifted. The leaves yellowed early. The fruit was…
A Southern Soil & Sunshine Guide Rooted in Rhythm and Intuition 🌞 Introduction: It’s Time to Make Space Again There’s a certain stillness that creeps into the late summer garden. Tomatoes start to slow. Squash vines sprawl and tangle. Some beds are producing less, and others are just plain tired. It’s tempting to ride it…
