It's time to wrap your cucumber stems!🥒
Published: Wed, 05/21/25
Updated: Thu, 05/22/25
If you've never tried this simple trick, it's worth starting this year. It's saved my bacon ever since I learned it. It's What's Up Wednesday! It’s…
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Help! 😩 How do you turn this thing off?
Published: Sun, 05/18/25
Updated: Tue, 05/20/25
Does anyone know where the "off" switch is? Greetings, Rural Sprout readers, I’ve been having a problem for most of May and I was kind of hoping that…
🛑✋Don't fertilize these 7 vegetables!
Published: Fri, 05/16/25
Updated: Tue, 05/20/25
Fertilizing any of these seven vegetables can do more harm than good. I've learned the most about gardening through my mistakes. For years I couldn't…
Want more flowers on your Russian sage? 💜
Published: Wed, 05/14/25
Updated: Tue, 05/20/25
It's What's Up Wednesday! And this week is all about Tracey's Golden Rule of Gardening. It's completely changed how I approach plant care. If you want…
🌸Feed orchids the easy way for big blooms & healthy plants
Published: Mon, 05/12/25
Updated: Thu, 05/15/25
Fussy orchids? Not in my house! If you are a longtime reader of Rural Sprout, you’ll know I don’t suffer finicky houseplants in my home. While I love…
💐Happy Mother's Day!💐
Published: Sun, 05/11/25
Updated: Wed, 05/14/25
Yesterday, the boys and I spent the entire day working outdoors. They swept all the collected debris from this past winter off the front porch and…
🚫🌹Don't skip the fertilizer if you want roses this summer!
Published: Fri, 05/09/25
Updated: Wed, 05/14/25
Can you believe it's Friday? This ended up being one of those weeks that flew by. I have absolutely no recollection of Tuesday. Did we even have…
🌱Oops, sorry about that everyone!
Published: Wed, 05/07/25
Updated: Mon, 05/12/25
Woopsie, I forgot one! In my rush to get today's What's Up Wednesday out the door, I forgot to add our newest piece on growing rhubarb. Did you miss a…
🥧Rhubarb, how I love thee...
Published: Wed, 05/07/25
Updated: Mon, 05/12/25
It's What's Up Wednesday! My goodness, it’s green! I’m always amazed at how quickly everything changes from drab winter brown to bright spring green…
😠 😖Too many nursery pots!
Published: Tue, 05/06/25
Updated: Mon, 05/12/25
It’s that time of year... ...when every gardener from coast to coast is about to be inundated with nursery pots. I just added a few more to my…