Tag: fruit

• Bed Prep — An Easy Guide to Getting Your Garden Growing

  

  A good friend reached out for some advice to get her garden beds ready. She had a disappointing year last year and was looking supercharge her soil by rototilling in some clover cover crop and adding manure. As I wrote out a reply to her, I thought that my cyber-universe friends might also appreciate some…

  Amy SBG

  April 25, 2026

  Uncategorized

  bed prep, composting, fertilizer, fruit, garden, gardening, gardening-tips, homesteading, nitrogen, no-till, vegetable

• Pruning Season is Upon Us! My Pruning Primer will Get you Cutting with Confidence

  

  Pruning Primer for Fruiting Trees, Shrubs, and Canes Today, I took advantage of the dry-ish weather to get cutting. First, I pruned back and shaped the table grapes. I saved some of the lower cuttings for propagating for a friend. The branches nearest to the ground generally have more natural rooting hormone present. Next up were…

  Amy SBG

  January 5, 2024

  SEASONAL, Winter

  Apple Tree, Elderberry, fruit, Grape, horticulture, Prune, Pruning, Winter