gardening Archives · Nourish and Nestle Creative Living and Delicious Eating Mon, 20 May 2024 10:15:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://nourishandnestle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-favicon-32x32.png gardening Archives · Nourish and Nestle 32 32 Onion Companion Plants https://nourishandnestle.com/onion-companion-plants/ https://nourishandnestle.com/onion-companion-plants/#respond Wed, 12 Apr 2023 18:34:00 +0000 https://nourishandnestle.com/?p=49714 This week, we are exploring the top 10 onion companion plants and how their interactions help your garden thrive. We’ll also cover the vegetables, herbs, and flowers you should keep away from your onions to prevent stunting growth and spreading diseases. Onions are a culinary staple. Growing a variety of onions in your home garden...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/onion-companion-plants/feed/ 0 Companion Planting Chart + Guide https://nourishandnestle.com/companion-planting-chart-guide/ https://nourishandnestle.com/companion-planting-chart-guide/#respond Wed, 15 Mar 2023 18:30:56 +0000 https://nourishandnestle.com/?p=48848 In this post, we discuss the benefits of companion gardening and how it can enhance your garden this year. Download and print our Companion Planting Chart for easy reference throughout the gardening season. There are numerous tips and tricks available for growing a healthy and thriving garden at home. I am thrilled to embark on...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/companion-planting-chart-guide/feed/ 0 Garden Maintenance Tips + Printable Schedule https://nourishandnestle.com/garden-maintenance-tips-printable-schedule/ https://nourishandnestle.com/garden-maintenance-tips-printable-schedule/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2023 13:31:32 +0000 https://nourishandnestle.com/?p=48469 If you have a yard with a lawn, landscaping, vegetable gardens, and flower gardens, there is always some garden maintenance to be done almost year-round. Granted, some seasons and months are busier than others, but it seems there is always something you could or should do to prepare for the next season. Everything that slows...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/garden-maintenance-tips-printable-schedule/feed/ 2 Stay Healthy While Gardening https://nourishandnestle.com/stay-healthy-while-gardening/ https://nourishandnestle.com/stay-healthy-while-gardening/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:53:39 +0000 https://nourishandnestle.com/?p=30782 Hi Friends, today I am turning the reins of the blog over to Cora Gold. With Spring just around the corner, it is a good time for Cora to share her tips to Stay Healthy While Gardening. Cora’s passion is to inspire others to live a happy, healthful, and mindful life through her words on...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/stay-healthy-while-gardening/feed/ 10 DIY Compost Tea Brewer: Material & Instructions https://nourishandnestle.com/make-compost-tea-brewer-brew-compost-tea/ https://nourishandnestle.com/make-compost-tea-brewer-brew-compost-tea/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2020 21:04:00 +0000 http://nourishandnestle.com/?p=1618 These plans include step-by-step instructions, a parts list necessary to build a DIY compost tea brewer, and a recipe for brewing your own beneficial compost tea. This is the third of four posts that discuss compost and compost tea. In the fifteen years since we have been actively working in an organic veggie garden, we...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/make-compost-tea-brewer-brew-compost-tea/feed/ 8 How to Make a DIY Insect Hotel : an easy backyard project https://nourishandnestle.com/diy-insect-hotel/ https://nourishandnestle.com/diy-insect-hotel/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:28:50 +0000 https://www.nourishandnestle.com/?p=14968 Why and how to make a DIY Insect Hotel to encourage beneficial insects and bees to visit your backyard. Several years ago, our family took a hiking trip through Austria. It was a memorable trip for so many reasons and, as is the case with all of our trips, our family brought home many memories...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/diy-insect-hotel/feed/ 13 Container Garden Ideas: Inspiration and Recipes #2 https://nourishandnestle.com/container-gardens-inspiration-recipes-2/ https://nourishandnestle.com/container-gardens-inspiration-recipes-2/#comments Wed, 29 Mar 2017 00:53:27 +0000 http://nourishandnestle.com/?p=10641 More lovely container garden ideas, inspiration and recipes. Lovely container garden images and plant combinations from thriller plants to spiller plants and filler plants and everything in between. Hello friends! It’s that time again! What time would that be, Lynn? Well silly, it’s time to get our Container Garden ideas on paper, planned and planted…of...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/container-gardens-inspiration-recipes-2/feed/ 4 Container Garden Recipes #1 https://nourishandnestle.com/container-gardens-recipes-1/ https://nourishandnestle.com/container-gardens-recipes-1/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:15:20 +0000 http://nourishandnestle.com/?p=6571 Just as I love to collect cookbooks and food recipes, I love to find beautiful container gardens and collect container garden recipes!  This time of year we are all trying to get our yards, gardens, decks, and patios in tip-top shape for the summer months.  While I absolutely love working on the garden beds in...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/container-gardens-recipes-1/feed/ 22 Organic Vegetable Garden Diary, May 6, 2015 https://nourishandnestle.com/organic-vegetable-garden-diary-may-6-2015/ https://nourishandnestle.com/organic-vegetable-garden-diary-may-6-2015/#respond Thu, 07 May 2015 15:29:08 +0000 http://nourishandnestle.com/?p=1140 My husband built our raised beds so that we could start our organic vegetable garden 5 years ago and we’ve never looked back.  I’m not going to sugar coat it though…organic gardening can be a very frustrating endeavor at times.   You watch a tomato start from a flower.  It slowly gets bigger and bigger,...

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]]> https://nourishandnestle.com/organic-vegetable-garden-diary-may-6-2015/feed/ 0 Cucumber Trellis https://nourishandnestle.com/cucumber-trellis/ https://nourishandnestle.com/cucumber-trellis/#respond Mon, 27 Apr 2015 12:29:55 +0000 http://nourishandnestle.com/?p=994 Instructions on how to make a DIY cucumber trellis. Step by step examples and images of how to build a cucumber trellis with bamboo poles and a rope trellis for your cucumbers For years we made a cucumber trellis teepee-ish thing with a rope trellis for our cucumbers to climb up.  We made it out...

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