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10 Inspiring Garden Blog Posts

10 Inspiring Garden Blog Posts

Gardening Season is here! Are you as excited as I am to get out into the sunshine and get a dirt manicure?

In this post I’ve rounded up TEN of my most inspiring garden post to give you some inspiration incase you are ready to get out there and get your hands dirty. And if you aren’t, then you can happily live vicariously through my words and pictures! Grab your hori hori and let’s go!

Ten Inspring Garden Blog Posts

  1. Some Women Buy Shoes others Buy Plants

  2. Ten Great Herbalism and Plant Blogs

  3. Harvest Time or Harvest Thyme

  4. Harvesting and Drying Herbs

  5. Ten Herbs to Get to Know Right Now

  6. A Plant Lover’s Book List

  7. Backyard Edibles (Some Might Call Them Weeds)

  8. Birth of a New Garden

  9. Garden Update: August

  10. Garlic Harvest

  11. Harvest, Dry, Garble ( A bonus link! I couldn’t help myself)


I'm convinced that gardening is an activity of eternal optimism and inspiration. Once it's got you, you'll always want to grow things, even if it's just in a pot on the windowsill. 

Spring Plant Walk Along the Wasatch Front

Spring Plant Walk Along the Wasatch Front

The Back Story Behind My New Carrot Soap

The Back Story Behind My New Carrot Soap