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    My 5 Favorite Seed Suppliers

    January 8, 2021 / No Comments

    I love gardening seeds! It’s so much fun to get a new seed supply catalog in the mail, and open it up to see all the new seeds available for the year. There are a ton of seed suppliers, and not all of them are the same. Here is a list of my favorite seed suppliers who offer non-GMO, organic and heirloom seeds that will be winners in your garden! Burpee Burpee seeds were the very first gardening seeds I ever purchased! When I started gardening, I asked a friend for a recommendation on where to buy seeds, and this is the company he recommended because 1) you can find…

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    A Gardener’s Year – What To Do in January

    January 5, 2021 / No Comments

    What does a gardener’s monthly tasks look like? Sometimes it’s helpful to know what other gardeners are doing to plan out your own gardening activities. Sometime you need the reminder, and sometimes you need the push to get things done! This blog post series is exactly that – an overview of monthly gardening tasks to give you ideas and incentive for getting into your own garden! The January Garden January is a slow month for the actual task of gardening. It’s cold and gross outside. Almost everything is hibernating or dead. There’s not a lot of growing going on besides waiting for the overwintered vegetables to start getting bigger once…

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    7 Keys to a Happier, Healthier YOU!

    December 28, 2020 / No Comments

    Is there a key to a happier, healthier you?  Is there some secret to happiness and health?  Apparently there IS a key to a happier, healthier you and it’s called … Exercise! If I’m being totally honest, I need to let you know that I DON’T LIKE TO EXERCISE.  I don’t like to sweat.  I don’t like a racing heart.  I don’t like the itching legs and choking feelings I get when I work out.  So, most of the time, I avoid working out if I possibly can. But it’s time to quit avoiding the workout and get my exercise on!  I’ve gained some significant weight this year (this is…

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    My Top 10 Favorite Gardening Books

    December 27, 2020 / No Comments

    I’ve read a LOT of gardening books over the years.  I’ve read books about vegetables.  I’ve read books about flowers.  I’ve read books about container gardening, square foot gardening and row gardening.  I’ve read books about formal garden spaces, wild flower gardening, and herbal gardening.  There are so many great gardening books out there, but I could not live without my Top 10 Favorite Gardening Books below.  These books have had a tremendous impact on the way I plan and grow my gardens, and they give so much necessary, simple, wonderful gardening advice on a wide range of gardening topics.  I promise, you’ll need them all! Vegetable Gardening Four Season…

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    What Does Gardening Have To Do With Holistic Living?

    December 26, 2020 / No Comments

    Do you think of gardening when you think of health and wellness? Probably not. When you think of holistic health, you might think of herbs and aromatherapy and the chiropractor.  You might picture yoga on a mountain top, meditation, or even acupuncture.  You might think holistic health is for those crunchy self-isolated survival people because it’s kind of wacko and out there.  Now, I won’t argue that some parts of holistic health may be a little strange and outside of our comfort zones, but I would ABSOLUTELY make the argument that gardening is a part of holistic health! Holistic health holds the perspective that all parts of a human are…

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Hi!  I’m Erin.

Welcome to my little space on the web!  After a year in a pandemic, I’m gardening for holistic health and happiness, focusing on nutrition-rich foods that heal and support the immune system.  I hope you’ll join me on this gardening adventure!

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