Dream It, Plan It, Grow It: Designing Your Best Garden Yet

High-Country Zone 6b Tips for Sketching, Rotating, Companion Planting & Starting Those First Seeds Indoors

Apr 7, 2026

Winter in the high country is like nature’s big “Pause” button. The beds are sleeping, the hoses are frozen in positions that defy physics, and the pine trees are quietly judging us for last summer’s watering habits. But while the garden rests… the gardener dreams....

Seed Snails: The Space-Saving, Budget-Friendly Way to Start Seeds

(Yes, they look silly. Yes, they work.)

Mar 17, 2026

If you’ve spent any time in gardening circles lately, you may have heard whispers of a new seed-starting trend: seed snails. They’re rolled, they’re compact, and they somehow manage to grow a shocking number of seedlings in a very small space. Think of seed snails as...

What Is Winter Sowing — and Why Do You Need to Know?

Mar 3, 2026

Winter sowing is a simple, brilliant method for starting seeds outdoors during the cold months, using mini-greenhouses such as milk jugs, clear bins, or other recycled containers. Instead of coddling seedlings under lights indoors, you let natural winter conditions —...

The Mid-Winter Garden Kickoff: What You Should Be Starting TODAY for a Great Spring

Zone 6b’s guide to giving your garden a head start while winter is still pretending it owns the place.

Feb 17, 2026

Zone 6b’s guide to giving your garden a head start while winter is still pretending it owns the place. Mid-February in Zone 6b is a weird time. We’re halfway between “my soil is frozen” and “my peas are screaming to be planted.” But guess what? YOUR GARDENING SEASON...

Join the Movement: How Our Community Garden Is Creating a More Resilient Future

Feb 3, 2026

When people talk about “community resilience,” it often sounds big and abstract—emergency plans, federal grants, and phrases like infrastructure redundancy (which is as exciting as it sounds). But in reality?Resilience often begins with something much smaller, much...