Rural Sprout

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✂️Prune these 8 flowering shrubs now!🌺

Published: Mon, 06/09/25

Updated: Tue, 06/10/25

June is a strange month in the garden. It seems as though you’re holding your breath. Spring flowers are gone, but the summer flowers haven’t really…

🦟The Bugs of Summer🐞

Published: Sun, 06/08/25

Updated: Mon, 06/09/25

Hiya, Rural Sprout readers, I'm currently sitting with my family around the fire pit for the first fire of the summer. The adult kids came down for…

✋Wait! Don't fertilize these perennials! 🌺

Published: Mon, 06/02/25

Updated: Tue, 06/03/25

Fertilizing these flowering perennials could do more harm than good. Happy Monday, Rural Sprout readers, Believe it or not, Monday is my favorite day…

🥗🥬The weird way I grow lettuce all year long

Published: Fri, 05/30/25

Updated: Sun, 06/01/25

It's salad season! Salad season is here! This reminds me I need to pick my radishes before they crack from all the rain. This rain has been good for…

🌼Flowers that grow even during a watering ban?

Published: Wed, 05/28/25

Updated: Sat, 05/31/25

It's What's Up Wednesday! As I write this it's pouring down rain. Again. Still. Forever. Yet, I know that on the other side of the country, our…

🇺🇸 Memorial Day Weekend 🌱

Published: Sun, 05/25/25

Updated: Tue, 05/27/25

This Memorial Day Weekend No matter what you're doing, I hope you'll take a few moments to remember the sacrifice that was made by so many to ensure…

🌱The right way to fertilize zucchini

Published: Fri, 05/23/25

Updated: Tue, 05/27/25

Zucchini are notoriously heavy feeders, that means you need to get the fertilizer just right. We're heading into Memorial Day Weekend! And for many,…

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