🌪️An unwelcome Sunday visitor!🌪️
Published: Wed, 03/19/25
Updated: Thu, 03/20/25
I had a tornado go through my backyard this Sunday! It’s What’s Up Wednesday! It’s been a doozy of a week so far. Sunday afternoon, I had a tornado or…
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☀️Make Dandelion Capers - Spring Iris Care - Wild Garlic Mustard
Published: Sun, 03/16/25
Updated: Thu, 03/20/25
Eat fresh greens before the first seedling pops up in your garden Hello, Rural Sprout readers, Another week has come and gone. But this week was…
🌷Spring Iris Care-Early Spring Pruning-Plant These Bulbs Now
Published: Wed, 03/12/25
Updated: Sat, 03/15/25
It's What's Up Wednesday! Spring is in the air! I can tell because most mornings, it smells like skunk in the backyard. We’ve reached that point on…
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Published: Sun, 03/09/25
Updated: Mon, 03/10/25
Hiya, Rural Sprout readers, I've got family in town this weekend, so we're going to keep it short and sweet. I played in the dirt! The soil in the…
3 Ways to make houseplant care easy as 🥧
Published: Fri, 03/07/25
Updated: Mon, 03/10/25
Annual Houseplant Mania! It never fails; every year, I get hit by the gardening bug way before I can start moving plants outside or doing much in the…
☂️Do you feel that? It's Spring!
Published: Wed, 03/05/25
Updated: Thu, 03/06/25
It's What's Up Wednesday! Good morning, my friends, It’s a rainy – and decidedly – spring-like day here in Central PA. Even with the cloud cover, I’m…
🪴Repot a Christmas Cactus - 🪱Seedlings & Worm Castings & More
Published: Sun, 03/02/25
Updated: Tue, 03/04/25
Hiya, Rural Sprout readers, Another week has come and gone. It’s been quite a week, too. At one point, I had the windows open to air out the house,…
💡Not just for pesticides & answering a reader question
Published: Wed, 02/26/25
Updated: Mon, 03/03/25
It’s What’s Up Wednesday! This week is going to be a little different. This week’s WUW newsletter is going to be a bit longer (akin to the Sunday…
🎄Christmas cactus care now gets you tons of blooms later!
Published: Tue, 02/25/25
Updated: Mon, 03/03/25
Hi there, Rural Sprout readers, I know what you’re thinking. I’m finally recovered from the holidays, and you’re emailing about Christmas. I want to…
🤨"Mom, that's not what they mean by 'hand' pruners!"
Published: Sun, 02/23/25
Updated: Thu, 02/27/25
Hi there, Rural Sprout readers, I’ve got a weird question for all of you this weekend. Would you continue to garden, even if your efforts amounted to…