Move over marigolds - you've been replaced! 🍅🌼
Published: Wed, 03/25/26
Updated: Wed, 03/25/26
It's What's Up Wednesday! Last fall, I think I shared with you something new I tried halfway through the season. I tried intercropping my tomatoes…
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Grow nasturtiums - 🌱Vegetables to Plant Before the Last Frost - Dahlias!
Published: Sun, 03/22/26
Updated: Tue, 03/24/26
Hello there, Rural Sprout readers, It’s Saturday night, and we just got home from my daughter's and son-in-law’s house. The boys went over this…
💗Bleeding hearts -🍪 Cooking with Magnolia Leaves - and more!
Published: Fri, 03/20/26
Updated: Mon, 03/23/26
Happy Friday, my gardening friends, The weather has been wild this past week, all across the country. I heard from a reader in Te as that they had a…
🥬Kalettes! I can't remember the last time I was this excited about a vegetable.
Published: Wed, 03/18/26
Updated: Tue, 03/24/26
It's What's Up Wednesday! Okay, I love growing new vegetables in my garden each year. Sure, I have my standbys that will always have a spot. But I…
🌼Important Spring Perennial Care - Tree-planting Mistakes - Creeping Charlie
Published: Sun, 03/15/26
Updated: Fri, 03/20/26
Hiya, Rural Sprout readers, I have a secret to tell all of you. And as a gardener and the editor of Rural Sprout, I’m a little ashamed. But it’s time…
🌸Get started this weekend and your perennials will thank you all summer long!
Published: Fri, 03/13/26
Updated: Wed, 03/18/26
It took me ages to learn that the perennials I want in July, start in now! Not to bother you, but... If you need something to do this weekend, may I…
🩴🧣It's time to play - Weather Whiplash! Plus, zinnias, zinnias and more zinnias!
Published: Fri, 03/13/26
Updated: Fri, 03/20/26
Oh, right, it's still technically winter. Grab your shorts and grab your parka, folks, it’s time to play Weather Whiplash! Oh yes, it’s that time of…
🌱"Sow as soon as soil can be worked"🤔
Published: Wed, 03/11/26
Updated: Thu, 03/12/26
It's What's Up Wednesday! It’s a rainy Wednesday, and we’re gearing up for the first thunderstorm of the season. My soil was ready to be worked and…
🌱Pricking Out Seedlings - 🐇Rabbits in the Garden & MORE!
Published: Sun, 03/08/26
Updated: Fri, 03/13/26
Greetings, Rural Sprout readers, There are crocuses in my backyard, friends! I love Pennsylvania in the springtime. I love it when all the redbuds are…
🤧 It's official! Beat that, groundhog!☔🌱
Published: Fri, 03/06/26
Updated: Thu, 03/12/26
Sniff, sniff. Hiya, Rural Sprout readers! I have great news for all of you. Spring is officially here! Now, I know what you’re thinking, it’s only…