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How to Grow String Beans
String beans are probably one of the easier crops to start with. They are resilient and yet produce lots for harvest. Ours generally give 2-3 harvest pickings and yields tremendous amounts! Be prepared for what you grow, make room in your freezers! In our garden we usually plant a green bean (bush bean) and a yellow bean (golden rod). Makes for great additional color to your crop. There are many varieties of string beans that you can choose from such as pole bean, gold rush, rattlesnake green bean, and scarlet runner, etc. DISCLOSURE: This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you click a…
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Getting Your Garden Ready for Fall
So its the beginning of September, we are just a few short weeks away from Fall! Now is the time to start prepping everything for those winter months! I’m talking about planting your spring bulbs, so they bloom come spring. Talking about harvesting the last bits of your garden and planting your fall/winter vegetables. I’m talking about cleaning up the garden and the everlasting fall leaves that never seem to be finished falling from the trees. DISCLOSURE: This post may contain affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you click a link and purchase something at no extra cost to you. Please check out our Disclosure Policy…
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How to Grow Sunflowers
Sunflowers are probably my favorite thing to plant, grow and harvest. It all started when I was getting married a few years ago. We decided on a fall theme wedding and I was determined to do as much as I could for this wedding myself to save money. You name it…the food, the favors, the invitations and this included the decorations as well. But instead of using silk flowers. I wanted the real deal… So I sought out my local Walmart and in the garden center I found the seed display. That glorious seed display that I absolutely LOVE to stare at for a good 15 mins while my kids…
