From Seed to Spoon Vegetable Garden Planner Mobile App

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020Growing Food, Growing Guides

Avocado: How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!

Avocado is a tasty and unique addition to any garden or indoor grow area! Although most avocado trees do best in moderate temperatures, there are some that can tolerate freezing temperatures. Avocado can be planted by seed or transplanted from a nursery. It’s more of a guaranteed method by taking a graft from a tree. A transplant could produce fruit within 2-3 years, whereas if you grow from seeds it can take 8 or more years.

February 18, 2020February 2, 2024Mobile app

Set Custom Frost Dates, Search by Variety & a Fresh New Design in Our App!

Check out all the new updates in the latest version!

February 13, 2020February 14, 2020Our Story, Podcasts, Presentations

Podcast: Listen to Dale Talk About the From Seed to Spoon Mobile App and How & Why We Created it on the “Adventures in Angular” Podcast

I had the pleasure of joining Alyssa Nicoll, Charles Max Wood, Younes Jaaidi, and Dave Cooper from the “Aventures in Angular” podcast to chat a few weeks back. You can hear our conversation about what led to us growing food and why we built our app at the link below. We go into detail about how we built the app and how I learned to code!

February 11, 2020March 4, 2024Compost, Growing Food, Microgreens, Recipes, What I'm Growing

Our Favorite Recipes, Tips, and Tricks for Living Sustainably and Making Your Own Household Supplies (Rice, Beans, Plants, Chicken, Laundry Soap & More!)

Ever since we started growing food in 2015 we became obsessed with the idea of trying to make many of the things we used to buy from the store ourselves.

February 9, 2020February 9, 2020Growing Food, Health Benefits

Top 5 Plants You Can Grow in Your Garden to Help Improve Anemia

Maintaining a healthy diet is essential to combat anemia and reverse the symptoms. You can even grow most of these plants right in your own backyard!

February 8, 2020February 9, 2020Mobile app

The Most Popular Plants, Pests, & Health Benefits of January 2020

January is a great time to plan for what you’re going to be growing in your garden this spring! Some areas with milder winters can even begin growing while other parts of the country are simply planning ahead.

January 28, 2020February 7, 2020Growing Food, Growing Guides

Blackberries: How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!

Blackberry bushes are fairly easy to grow and are well worth the reward! Some blackberry bushes grow very tall and will require a trellis to help support the height. Blackberry bushes will continue to give fruit year after year, however it usually takes 2 years for the plant to first produce berries. You can cut any canes that produce fruit at the base after the season is over since they won’t produce again.

January 23, 2020March 4, 2024FAQ, Growing Food, Watering

Q&A: How do I know how much water my plants need?

Watering can be one of the trickiest parts to growing food. Watering too often can lead to oxygen-starved roots, and too little water can lead to wilted and dead plants.

January 22, 2020January 27, 2020Growing Food, Growing Guides

Apricots: How to Grow and When to Plant in Your Backyard or Patio Garden!

Apricot trees are a great, unique addition to your garden! They will do best when planted with another apricot tree to help pollinate each other. Apricot trees are hardier than its other relatives, but still thrive in a moderate climate that doesn’t get too hot or too cold (zones 4-10).

How To Make Homemade Guacamole

Our daughter wanted to create her own blog post for this recipe that she came up with herself! The following was written by her! 🙂 “I came up with this recipe myself trying to make a fun dip for my family while we watch football. And when they tried it they told me you should make a blog post over your guacamole. I said you’re right I should take the stuff I know and put […]