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…
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 Southern Soil & Sunshine Garden Rescue Guide 🌞 Introduction: When the Garden Groans I’ll never forget the first time I walked outside on a July afternoon and saw my sunflowers collapsed like they were mourning something. My heart dropped. Had I underwatered them? Overdone it with compost? Was it pests again? We work so…
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….
How a Few Quiet Minutes Can Transform Your Garden—and Your Soul Every summer morning, before the heat rises and the day gets away from me, I try to walk the garden slowly, coffee in hand, notebook nearby. This isn’t just about checking off tasks—it’s about tuning in. Observation is where intuitive gardening begins. It’s the…
