My first summer trying to grow tomatoes was, frankly, a disaster. I’d stare at the dozens of hard, green orbs hanging on plants that seemed…

Honestly, I almost didn’t write this. The thought of wading back into the murky waters of DIY lumber projects, specifically how to build a wooden…

Honestly, most people asking how to kill ferns in garden are probably dealing with one of two things: either they’ve got a particularly aggressive species…

Digging around in the dirt to grow your own herbs and veggies seemed like a no-brainer. Everyone talks about fresh flavor, saving cash, and that…

Honestly, I used to think those sonic repellers were the answer. Spent a solid $150 on a set of six, stuck them all over the…

Honestly, the first time a late spring frost wiped out my entire tomato crop, I was fuming. I’d babied those seedlings, spent a small fortune…

Fencing. Raised beds. Netting. You name it, I’ve probably tried it. And spent a small fortune doing so. When I first got chickens, I envisioned…

Honestly, the first time I saw a peacock strutting through my prize-winning petunias, I thought it was a majestic omen. Majestic? More like a feathered,…

My prize-winning petunias. Gone. Shredded. Buried. Replaced by a litter box courtesy of Bartholomew, my previously beloved feline overlord. I’d spent a small fortune on…

Honestly, I’ve lost count of the times I’ve stepped out, ready to enjoy a quiet morning with my coffee and a freshly weeded flowerbed, only…

Cracked. That was the state of my prize-winning petunias after Buster, my then-golden retriever puppy, decided my flowerbed was his personal sandbox. Dirt flew, petals…

Gardening in Trove. Sounds easy, right? I used to think so too. My first few attempts were… let’s just say, costly. I blew about $150…

My first raised bed looked like a sad, splintered box that a beaver had gnawed on. It cost me nearly $150 in cheap lumber and…

Scraping dried mud off my knees after wrestling with those warped planks felt like a personal insult. Years ago, I dove headfirst into building my…

Honestly, most people get it wrong. They see those impossibly perfect fields of blooms on seed packets and think, ‘Yeah, that’ll be easy.’ I remember…

Little black dots marching across my prize-winning tomatoes. It’s enough to make anyone want to throw in the trowel. I’ve been there, staring down an…

Honestly, the first time I found snail eggs in my garden, I panicked. Little white marbles scattered under a hosta leaf – what was I…

Chirping. That’s what it sounds like. Or maybe it’s more of a deafening hum, a relentless, high-pitched whine that drowns out everything else. I remember…

Honestly, I’ve seen enough ‘DIY’ projects online that promised a weekend of blissful building and ended up costing me a small fortune in wasted lumber…

Honestly, the first time I tried to grow anything in pots, I thought it was a foolproof way to get fresh herbs without a whole…

Sprinkling earthworms into your garden soil. Sounds simple, right? It is, if you don’t listen to half the garbage advice out there. I wasted a…

Honestly, for years I just bought whatever looked vaguely bright. They were these cheap plastic things, and half of them wouldn’t even last a month….

Staked and pruned like a manicured shrub, this tomato plant looks like it’s auditioning for a botanical ballet. It’s not. It’s a disaster waiting to…

Honestly, the first time I tried to grow popcorn, I expected fluffy clouds of buttery goodness to just… appear. Instead, I got a patch of…

Look, if you’re asking ff14 how to garden, you’ve probably seen a million guides telling you about ‘harmonizing your aetherial essences’ or some such nonsense….

Nobody tells you how much of a mess a ‘kitchen garden’ can become. Mine certainly did. It looked less like a carefully curated culinary oasis…

Chop. Bang. Curse. Yeah, that’s pretty much how it went down the first time I tried to remove a garden tub from a mobile home….

Honestly, I spent way too long staring at my screen, trying to figure out how many levels in Lily’s Garden Christmas. It felt like a…

Honestly, I’ve wrestled with dull garden shredder blades more times than I care to admit. The first time I tried to chew through an overgrown…

Three years ago, I bought into the hype of those fancy, biodegradable weed mats. Spent nearly $150 on rolls that promised a weed-free paradise. What…

I used to think attracting birds of prey to my garden meant building elaborate, expensive nesting boxes that looked like miniature Tudor mansions. You know…

Honestly, if you’re asking how do you get rid of weeds in your garden, you’ve probably already bought a dozen bottles of stuff promising miracles….

Don’t even think about slapping some cheap plywood onto your deck for a garden box. I learned that the hard way, and let me tell…