Gardening4Gains

  • I liked your take on it and it is funny how similar we were, though i think you threw in a few funny blurbs of the past that spiced yours up. I was disappointed in the prompt but it did get me thinking, so I can’t be totally upset. I almost wonder if I was dreading it because I have moved so far beyond my past and didn’t want to revisit it in a…[Read more]

  • When I saw that the first writing prompt for Bloganuary was “advice for my teenage self”, I balked at it and felt slightly discouraged. To me, it seemed slightly out of place to have the writing prompt for New […]

    • I liked your take on it and it is funny how similar we were, though i think you threw in a few funny blurbs of the past that spiced yours up. I was disappointed in the prompt but it did get me thinking, so I can’t be totally upset. I almost wonder if I was dreading it because I have moved so far beyond my past and didn’t want to revisit it in a memoir that put me on display. It all happens for a reason so just let it be and make the most of today and the days to come is my motto. Good news is the prompts can only get better from here! 😃

  • The year 2020 was a strange year for all of us – things were changing rapidly as our lives were upended due to a global pandemic, social & political unrest, and the world sort of stopped and watched in awe with […]

  • Nightly Blog 5

    It was tough getting back to work today after a long weekend, but I am just grateful for the fun times with family and the amazing memories we made by simply enjoying the moments that we were […]

  • As I sit down to type out my Nightly Blog, a navy hue hangs in the air extending dusk deeper into the night more & more every day as we inch towards the Summer Solstice. Today was another ultra-productive day […]

  • Today was a great day.

    I feel like it’s not often that you get to say that, but it truly was – even though I am thoroughly exhausted and trying to write this while Kyla, Twiggy, & Basil sleep soundly around […]

  • Today was a beautiful Saturday here in Ohio.

    Kyla & I began our day somewhat late because we took advantage of not setting an alarm and sleeping in on the first day of a long holiday weekend. Sleeping in for […]

  • I want to keep things brief, but I have to write about my new routine that I have to commit to.

    Every morning when I wake up, I grab a mug of coffee & head upstairs to my creative area / Plant Lab to write my […]

  • Recently I have been trying to learn more about my WordPress site, its functionality, and in doing so, I found out about WordPress running daily writing prompts for the month of April. I know I’m a little late to […]

  • Mycorrhizae has been a hot topic in horticulture for a while and I had become familiar with it through products like Grotabs. I became completely obsessed with how fungi or bacteria could be beneficial for […]

  • The Time it is a-changin’!

    Today is one of the greatest & most hated days of the year, when Time decides to leapfrog forward a whole hour to disrupt our sleep cycles by stealing an hour from us – but it is […]

  • It’s the end of February, and it’s still a little early to get most seeds started here in Ohio. Last year I made the mistake of starting my tomatoes & peppers extremely early with the thought that they would […]

  • Seed really is expensive! And that sounds like a great plan, I definitely need to do more seed saving to keep the good genetics going

  • It may be the middle of winter, but I know we’re all itching to get seeds started for the 2020 garden season! Unless you have a greenhouse, it’s probably a little early to start seeds – but now is the perfect […]

  • It sure is! And it’s nice that we’re getting a nice long true fall here in Ohio…for now anyways

  • On Sunday I took a bike ride through Linear Park and couldn’t help but notice that Fall has a certain spicy smell to the air. Your lungs burn from the cold air, but then there is the sweet senescent spice of the […]

  • Thank you so much! I love reading people’s origins stories too, it just gives so much context & truth.. are u a grower/gardener as well?

  • Producing a podcast was at the top of my Resolutions List this year & I’m finally making it a reality thanks to my lifelong friend Tyler Gutman (aka Romo Loco). We had no plans, agenda, or structure going into […]

  • Credit: Gilmour.com

    With the impending doom of 60 degrees below zero on its way to us in Ohio, it got me thinking – what are the most cold-hardy plants that survive in the harshest conditions on the planet? I […]

  • Thank you so much for saying that! I had been worrying about not producing enough gardening related content and then I stopped caring so much because it’s more about gardening in my life – cultivating my interests and documenting my thoughts and days. You’re right though, a gardener is a true thinker, interested in the inner workings of everything

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