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Gardening in May: jobs to tackle this month

April 28, 2021 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Welcome to your one-stop resource for gardening in May. If you're not sure what to focus on this month, or are short on time for gardening, you're in the right place! You can check out my gardening jobs for every other month in this post. Gardening in May May is one of the busiest months in the garden. Everything is growing, so there's lots of maintenance going on, but we're also still planting lots of new things. Add to that the ...

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Gardening in April: jobs to tackle this month

March 25, 2021 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Welcome to your one-stop resource for gardening in April. If you're not sure what to focus on this month, or are short on time for gardening, this is a great place to start. You can check out my gardening jobs for every other month in this post. Gardening in April This is the month when the garden really starts to take off. The weather warms up, the daylight hours increase, and everything feels like it just wants to get going. All ...

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Gardening in March: jobs to tackle this month

February 25, 2021 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Welcome to your one-stop resource for gardening in March. If you're struggling to carve out time to stay on top of the garden, or just need some help with what to focus on each month, this is a great place to start. You can check out my gardening jobs for every other month in this post. Gardening in March We've made it to spring, which means things are about to get busy in the garden. March is a great month to get ahead with garden ...

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Gardening in January: jobs to tackle this month

December 21, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Welcome to your one-stop resource for gardening in January. If you always feel like you don’t have enough time for gardening, or just need some guidance on what to focus on each month, this is the series for you! You can check out my garden jobs for every other month in this post. Gardening in January The start of a new year always puts me into planning mode, and the garden is no exception. There's something so uplifting about looking ...

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Gardening in December: jobs to tackle this month

November 26, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Welcome to your one-stop resource for gardening in December. If you always feel like you don’t have enough time for gardening, or just need some guidance on what to focus on each month, this is the series for you! You can check out my garden jobs for every other month in this post. Gardening in December If ever there was a month when the garden takes a back seat, it's December. Christmas prep, bad weather and less daylight all make it ...

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Gardening in November: jobs to tackle this month

November 1, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Welcome to your one-stop resource for gardening in November. If you always feel like you don’t have enough time for gardening, or just need some guidance on what to focus on each month, this is the series for you! You can check out my garden jobs for every other month in this post. Gardening in November This month, my garden seems to have finally accepted that it's autumn, and started the process of shutting down in earnest. In terms ...

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Gardening in October: jobs to tackle this month

October 23, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

Welcome to your one-stop resource for gardening in October. If you always feel like you don’t have enough time for gardening, or just need some guidance on what to focus on each month, this is the series for you! You can check out my garden jobs for every other month in this post. Gardening in October We’re heading towards the quietest time on the gardening calendar, when light is limited, most plants are dormant, and the weather isn’t ...

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Gardening in September: jobs to tackle this month

September 3, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

autumn leaves

Welcome to your one-stop resource for gardening in September. If you always feel like you don’t have enough time for gardening, or just need some gardening tips and guidance on what to focus on each month, this is the series for you! You can check out my garden jobs for every other month in this post. Gardening in September The arrival of autumn slows things down in the garden; plants are starting to shut down, lots of crops are coming ...

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Gardening in August: jobs to tackle this month

August 26, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

orange flower border

Welcome to your one-stop resource for gardening in August. If you always feel like you don’t have enough time for gardening, or just need some guidance on what to focus on each month, this is the series for you! You can check out my garden jobs for every other month in this post. Gardening in August We’re at that stage of summer where all the hard work in the garden should be really paying off, in the form of healthy plants and lots of ...

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Gardening in July: jobs to tackle this month

June 26, 2020 by Catherine Leave a Comment

yellow coneflowers

Welcome to your one-stop resource for gardening in July. If you always feel like you don’t have enough time for gardening, or just need some guidance on what to focus on each month, this is the series for you! You can check out my garden jobs for every other month in this post. Gardening in July The 'little and often' approach to gardening that I talked about last month is definitely still a good way to go in July. Plants - and weeds! - ...

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