Rural Sprout

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🍅Tomatoes dropping their blossoms?

Published: Wed, 06/18/25

Updated: Mon, 06/23/25

It's What's Up Wednesday! This morning, I was telling my daughter that I feel like Shrek. With all the rain we've had I feel like I live in a swamp.

🏆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…

✂️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…

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