🏆Happy Father's Day from Rural Sprout🌱
Published: Sun, 06/15/25
Updated: Thu, 06/19/25
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY! In honor of all the dads out there with green thumbs and the dads that wish they had green thumbs, this newsletter is for you! Did…
Rural Sprout
Gardening, homesteading and natural living recipes, tutorials and how-to's.
Using Horticultural Vinegar - Buzz Pollinating 🍅s - Blind Iris
Published: Fri, 06/13/25
Updated: Sat, 06/14/25
It's Friday! Hey friends, it's time to kick off the weekend. I started mine by making my house smell like a sub shop. But at least the pesky weeds in…
🍾Peonies post-bloom - Irises Not Blooming - Garlic Scapes
Published: Wed, 06/11/25
Updated: Thu, 06/12/25
It's What's Up Wednesday! And the thunderstorm we had the other night finished off the last of my peonies, so I guess it’s time for a little post-…
✂️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…
⚠️Beware! Don't buy these 5 vegetable seedlings!
Published: Fri, 06/06/25
Updated: Sat, 06/07/25
Some well-known Big Bo stores are selling vegetable seedings that shouldn't be transplanted. I was shocked last Saturday! My friend and I went to a…
🍓Get more strawberries, grow longer-lasting blooms, and more!
Published: Wed, 06/04/25
Updated: Fri, 06/06/25
It's What's Up Wednesday! And the hills are set to stun! I’m right in the midst of a generational brood of cicadas, just warming up their orchestra…
✋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…
Grow huge herbs, tips for more tomatoes and more!🍅
Published: Sun, 06/01/25
Updated: Tue, 06/03/25
Hello there, Rural Sprout readers, This weekend I'm keeping it short and sweet. I have a good friend visiting who is kindly helping me check off a…
🥗🥬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…