Introducing Our New Website! Hey everyone!  I am super excited to share with you all something I have been working on for months now.  It’s a new website, Growing Real Food, that focuses on a step by step approach to growing real food.  
This website is for beginners to advanced gardeners, ...

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Will Spring Ever Arrive?  
I can tell that March has arrived.  I have that desire to get out into the yard and start working in my gardens…..also known as Spring Fever.  
Here in Southeastern Wisconsin the weather is not cooperating.  This year we have been hit with one snow storm after ...

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  Who’s Ready For Spring?  
It’s about that time ladies and gentlemen! Springtime, that is! So what are your plans for spring?
Are you the kind who breaks out their cleaning supplies for “spring cleaning”? Do you prep your gardens for beautiful flowers, fruit and veggies? Are you going to be digging through and gathering your ...

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Wow, a gardening season has come and gone!  What a great year this has been for many gardeners.  We had a very long spring that wasn’t to wet and a nice and hot summer.  This is the first year that my peppers have done amazing!  In Wisconsin, I often think ...

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Many people make some critical mistakes before they even start gardening!  Do not underestimate how important it is to plan out your gardens site.  There is so much information to consider.  Does your site have enough light, is it easily accessible, is it near a water source…the list goes on. ...

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Ok, so I am a day late with this post…but yesterday I was out on a Family Friendly Friday Adventure and I would love to share it with you all!  I am always looking for fun ways to educate my kids about nature, gardening, health and travel!  The other day ...

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For many years now I have been growing my own organic tomatoes!  When I first started growing tomatoes I quickly noticed that there were a ton of varieties and that some varieties did better than others.  
I seemed to have better luck with certain varieties like bush tomatoes and Roma ...

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The other day I did a post on our Top Five Food Related Post and today I wanted to share with you our Top Five Gardening Post!  I have put a strong focus on improving my gardening section of my website this year and I have been very pleased by ...

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For many years now, I have been growing my own strawberries.  The first year that I attempted to grow strawberries, I was so overwhelmed and very disappointed.  I didn’t know which varieties to buy, how to grow them, why my strawberries weren’t producing a lot of strawberries, and what a ...

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This might seem like a simple post, but today I want to share with you how I harvest my vegetables out of my garden.  Have you ever had several heads of lettuce come to harvest at the same time and then you had so much lettuce you didn’t know what ...

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