Gardening

Thinking about starting a garden but aren’t sure where to begin? This post, all about gardening for beginners, is for you — with eight simple steps to help you start your garden. 

Believe it or not, you can learn how to grow sesame seeds. Homegrown sesame is flavorful and simple to grow, especially in hot climates.

This post lists my favorite crop varieties; the vegetables, herbs, and flowers I grow that are standouts and perform well season after season. 

The vines and flowers of this warm region perennial vine attract pollinators and are a host plant for Gulf Fritillary Butterflies.

Learn how to grow love in a puff, a simple-to-care-for annual vine with tiny white blossoms and green pods that resemble paper lanterns

Square foot garden principles make gardening easy to understand, with simple steps to help you get started and be successful. 

Many flowers grow well from seeds planted directly in the garden. In this post, I’ll share my favorite cool-season flowers to plant from seed.

Having a self-sufficient garden means that if I foster it, the garden provides much of what is needed for it to continue thriving from year to year.

The easiest fall flowers to grow in Arizona are simple to plant and care for and bloom through spring in flower beds or containers.

Learn how to grow verbena; it’s easy to grow, heat and drought-tolerant, and it attracts beneficial insects, butterflies, and hummingbirds.