Get them just right—crisp, tender, and full of flavor every time. 🧡 A Note from My Garden to Yours There’s something magical about harvesting summer squash and cucumbers—especially when the vines are climbing high, the sun is warm, and the basket fills up faster than you expected. But there’s also a learning curve. I’ve picked…
How to grow jaw-dropping harvests—even if your “garden” is a porch, patio, or tiny balcony. 👩‍🌾 My Journey into Container Gardening (and Why I’ll Always Love It) When I first started gardening, I had this dreamy idea of sprawling garden beds bursting with veggies. Reality check? I lived in a rental house with a tiny…
Because every juicy bite is earned. I’ll never forget the first year I grew tomatoes in Zone 9. I babied those plants from seed to sprawl, only to pick the first few too early and let the rest overripen on the vine. Rookie mistake! Since then, I’ve learned that harvesting tomatoes is just as much…
And how to keep your harvest from frying on the vine. There’s nothing quite like watching your summer garden burst with fruit—until you spot a big, pale patch on what should’ve been your perfect tomato. That’s sunscald, and it’s not just a cosmetic issue. In hot climates like Zone 9, it can turn beautiful produce…
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone out to check on my tomato plants, only to spot something… off. Maybe a few yellowing leaves, maybe a weird black spot, or—worst of all—an entire branch wilting out of nowhere. Tomatoes are my favorite crop, but let’s be real: they can be high-maintenance divas when…
April is the month when my garden starts showing off—the tomato plants are stretching taller each day, the squash vines are running wild, and the first marigolds are popping open like little bursts of sunshine. But with all this growth comes the real work of maintaining it. If you’re following the 15-Minutes-a-Day Gardening Calendar, you…
