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How to Plan Your Garden When You Feel Completely Overwhelmed
Let me guess. You started this season feeling excited. Maybe even hopeful.You saved a few posts. Bought a couple seed packets. Told yourself this is the year. And now… you’re sitting there wondering why something that’s supposed to be calming suddenly feels kind of stressful. If that’s you, you’re not alone. At all. Garden overwhelm
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Raised Bed Gardening for Beginners (What I’d Do Differently Next Time)
I didn’t start gardening because I wanted to be “a gardener.” I started because I wanted tomatoes that didn’t taste like water and a reason to be outside that didn’t involve scrolling my phone. Gardening felt like something slower. More grounding. Something I could do with my hands and see real results from. Raised beds
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What to Do in Your Garden in January (Even When Nothing Is Growing)
January can be a strange month for gardeners, especially beginners. The garden is quiet. The beds are empty. The ground may be frozen or muddy. And yet, everywhere you look online, it feels like everyone else is already planning, planting, and somehow ahead. If you’re standing in your garden in January wondering what you’re supposed
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How to Plan Your Garden Without Feeling Overwhelmed
Planning a garden can feel just as overwhelming as actually starting one. There are seed catalogs, planting charts, zone maps, and endless advice telling you to start now, start earlier, start bigger. It’s a lot to take in, especially if this is your first time gardening. If you’re already feeling behind before you’ve even planted
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Beginner Gardening Supplies You Actually Need (And What You Can Skip)
How I Started (and What I Learned the Hard Way) The very first thing I did when I decided to garden was start my seedlings indoors. I was excited and optimistic… and I planted way too many. Every seed sprouted, and instead of thinning them out and choosing only the strongest ones, I kept all
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Beginner Gardening Guide: What I Did When I First Started a Garden
When I first started gardening, it wasn’t because I felt confident or prepared. It was more like standing in the yard, looking at the space I had, and feeling unsure where to begin. There was so much information online that it almost made gardening feel harder than it needed to be. Raised beds, soil types,