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Half-gallon jar of homemade Veggie Dust beside a small spice jar with a red bow, made from dehydrated zucchini, eggplant, and cherry tomatoes.

Half-gallon jar of homemade Veggie Dust beside a small spice jar with a red bow, made from dehydrated zucchini, eggplant, and cherry tomatoes.

Veggie Dust

Too much zucchini, eggplant, and cherry tomatoes? A dehydrator turns them into pantry gold.

Cindy

3 min read

Assorted fruits, vegetables, roots, and herbs from a home garden

Assorted fruits, vegetables, roots, and herbs from a home garden

Fruit or Vegetable?

In the garden, the answer depends on what you’re trying to do with it.

Cindy

3 min read

A green garden hose kinked and tangled on a lawn.

A green garden hose kinked and tangled on a lawn.

Watering the Garden Without Wrestling the Hose: Drip Irrigation

A personal look at watering the garden with simple drip irrigation—no more hose wrestling.

Cindy

3 min read

Open grid-lined garden notebook with hand-drawn bed layouts and handwritten notes, used for planning and tracking a home vegetable garden.

Open grid-lined garden notebook with hand-drawn bed layouts and handwritten notes, used for planning and tracking a home vegetable garden.

Garden Planning: From Graph Paper to App

From a well-worn grid notebook to a thoughtfully designed app, this article explores how garden planning evolves—and how the right tools can grow with you.

Cindy

4 min read

Black aphids clustered at the tip of a cucumber vine, covering multiple emerging flowers and fruit

Black aphids clustered at the tip of a cucumber vine, covering multiple emerging flowers and fruit

Aphids: Small Bugs, Sticky Consequences

Aphids may be small, but between sticky honeydew, ant alliances, and rapid reproduction, they can take over a garden faster than you expect.

Cindy

4 min read

Cucumber vines growing vertically on a 4-gauge stockade panel trellis supported by T-posts in a backyard garden.

Cucumber vines growing vertically on a 4-gauge stockade panel trellis supported by T-posts in a backyard garden.

Growing Cucumbers on a Vertical Panel

A practical, honest guide to growing cucumbers vertically on a stockade panel—with pruning, pest control, and lessons learned along the way.

Cindy

6 min read

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