All-in-all I spend about 1 hour per week weeding, watering and fertilizing, plus another 1 hour per week harvesting, deadheading, and mowing around the perimeter. The rest of my garden-time consists of strolling the land in the morn’ and evenin’ with either a coffee or glass of wine in hand - depending on the time of day. Two hours of work per week is an amazing pay-off for such a large garden. How in the world is that possible? Allow me to dish the dirt on how I keep my 4,000 square foot garden, meadow, and orchard low maintenance.

All The Ugly Parts of My Garden

Welcome to my pit of despair. I say that with a cheeky grin and a bit of sarcasm, but not much. Full transparency: this patch is just one of many dreadfully hideous spots on this land. In an effort to dispel any myths about a perfect garden (or hence a perfect life) that I may have inadvertently construed through my blogging, I’m here to unearth the reality.

A Late Spring ‘22 Garden Update

As this season of rising and restless energy matures into the bright season of vitality, I’m here with an update. Despite the hardships, there is still an abundance of beauty and good things that grow.

Cover Crops & Why You Need Them in Your Garden

One of the most powerful things we can do as gardeners and eco-minded citizens is to actively steward the creation of soil-regenerative land that invites high biodiversity and traps carbon from the atmosphere. How do we do that? Enter cover crops. In this informative post I’m teaching you all about cover crops, their many benefits, and how you can incorporate these wonder-plants into your garden.

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