HalfassedHarvests

10/13/2026

Pulling literally everything left out of the garden before the frost claims it. Farewell, green tomatoes and stubborn peppers—until we meet again next year. 🧺✨

10/12/2026

Day 1: Where we pretend we know what we’re doing, hack up cardboard with a jigsaw, and wheelbarrow mulch until our arms fall off. Welcome to HalfAssedHarvests.
And yes we are both very sore 🥱
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10/11/2026

10/10/2026

Free is my favorite color. 48 hours, 3 hoard-worthy piles of materials, $0 spent. Now time to make it all into a garden… 😅🔥

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10/07/2026

The backyard is gorgeous, but it's a little too heavy on the shade for high-density sun crops. So, we’re doing what any rational person would do: taking over the unused front lawn to build the kitchen garden of my dreams on a budget.
​Over the winter, I’m bringing you along for the entire journey—from the initial planning and design phases to the DIY builds, hardscaping projects, and raised bed construction. Let's turn an absolute blank canvas into something awesome. Come along for the ride.
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09/29/2026

Gard-Nerding - Book 1: Lesson 6 Part 2

We covered why plants are practically screaming for nitrogen in Part 1, but now let's talk about the actual chemical delivery system—and why throwing random stuff into your grow bags without understanding the microbial middleman is a fast-track to plant heartbreak.

09/28/2026

Gard-Nerding - Book 1: Lesson 6

Why does your soil's nitrogen level change constantly? 🌱 Nitrogen is the most crucial nutrient for your plants, but it's also the one they lack the most! From ammonium and nitrates to urea, different plants have different "diva" preferences (veggies love nitrate, shrubs love ammonium!)



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09/27/2026

Gard-Nerding - Book 1 Lesson 5

Why you keep burning your plants and what that actually means

09/26/2026

Gard-Nerding - Book 1: Lesson 4

Bet you didn't realize that high school chemistry class would come in handy for gardening.

Long story short chemistry does the thing and your plants absorb nutrients mostly through the water. Some nutrients are more important than other

09/25/2026

pretty sure my tomatoes have produced more in the last month than all season. here is the question though how many will ripen before the frost 😭