✂️💜Now is the time! Let's prune those lilacs!
Published: Fri, 05/29/26
Updated: Wed, 06/03/26
It is Friday, right? Those weeks that start with a Monday holiday always throw me for a loop. They go by too fast, but feel distorted at the same…
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🌲 You're going to need this mulch this summer & impressively easy seed tape
Published: Wed, 05/27/26
Updated: Mon, 06/01/26
It's What's Up Wednesday! Well, it’s unofficially official – summer is here! Sure, according to the calendar, summer doesn’t start until June 21, but…
🇺🇸 Memorial Day Meditations - Strawberry Lemon Balm Mead - Grow Your Best Cucumbers
Published: Sun, 05/24/26
Updated: Fri, 05/29/26
Tomorrow is Memorial Day. Our original plans for this weekend, of campfires and grilled hot dogs, fizzled out under the cold and steady rain. But…
❤️🤍💙Plant a semiquincentennial flower garden - Lavender alternatives & more
Published: Fri, 05/22/26
Updated: Thu, 05/28/26
Memorial Day weekend, here we come! Naturally, this holiday weekend is a time for reflection and remembrance. But it’s also become synonymous with the…
🥊Zucchini & Summer Squash Showdown! Watering Tomatoes & More
Published: Wed, 05/20/26
Updated: Mon, 05/25/26
It's What's Up Wednesday! Well, it would appear that those lovely nights of “good sleeping” weather have come to a swift and final conclusion. I went…
🤦🍅Leggy Tomato Seedlings - Grow Loofah - & more
Published: Sun, 05/17/26
Updated: Fri, 05/22/26
Hiya, Rural Sprout readers, Boy, you could tell that this was the first nice weekend after our last predicted frost date here in my neck of the woods.
😱 It's Late Spring Already? ✂️Late Spring Checklist & Pruning List
Published: Fri, 05/15/26
Updated: Sat, 05/16/26
Happy Friday, friends! The Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show is ne t week, and I’ve been stalking the RHS website to see all the…
🫑Never Grow Tiny, Bitter Peppers Again - Are You Making These Spring Gardening Mistkaes?
Published: Wed, 05/13/26
Updated: Thu, 05/14/26
It's What's Up Wednesday! In this week’s edition of What’s Up Wednesday, I wanted to address some of the more common spring gardening mistakes folks…
💐Happy Mother's Day from Rural Sprout🌱
Published: Sun, 05/10/26
Updated: Fri, 05/15/26
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the moms out there! I’m lucky enough to have all of mine here at the house today. There will be lots of shouting, fart…
Oops! I'm sorry everyone! 🙃
Published: Fri, 05/08/26
Updated: Mon, 05/11/26
I nearly forgot! Mickey also has some great options for you if you are in need of a privacy hedge - only this one you can eat! (These bushes aren't…