Welcome!

Welcome to my gardening blog. I am thrilled that you are either thinking about gardening or hope to expand your current garden, and that you have chosen my blog to help you on your journey. I have been around gardening my entire life. I grew up on a farm in Iowa, my grandmother was a gardener, my mother was a gardener, and now I am passing on the passion to my daughters, and others. Although I have been around gardening for some time, I still consider myself an amateur and enjoy learning new things from other gardeners, and experimentation. If you are new to gardening, or are thinking about trying it, I welcome you to a hobby that offers great rewards. Food grown by you is personally gratifying, and there is no comparison on taste; ask any gardener, fresh food from the garden is the best tasting food you will ever eat. And for obvious reasons, food grown at home saves money at the grocery store, and seasoning food with your own herbs tastes better than the dried, processed versions from the store. If you decide to go the organic route, you are saving your body from potentially harmful chemicals that could cause adverse health conditions. And lastly, gardening is good for the planet. By growing your own food, you are helping to decrease the demand for mass produced, processed, genetically modified foods; which studies have shown can cause serious health conditions later on in life. If you want to know what's in your food, grow it yourself. Gardening isn't for everyone, it requires work, patience, dedication, and love, but the rewards are great. I hope my blog will be an inspiration to you, and help you "go green". Good luck! Happy Spring!

The creations of a thousand forests is in one acorn. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson