For people who want to grow more food with less work. 🌱 This is my weekly newsletter loved by 38,000+ subscribers—here's what one of them had to say: "These are not the regular run-of-the-mill garden-based emails. You actually touch on more unusual tidbits that encourage me to keep growing and learning."
your plants probably aren't getting enough light—here's why
|
Here's the funny thing about plants: they don't LOVE to be inside our homes. Sure, they accept it—and will even grow in spite of it—but they really just want to be outside where they have plentiful sunshine. Most of our homes are a lot darker than we think, even if we have nice big windows that get sun for a few hours a day. Newer windows have special coatings that block some light from coming through, and if your plants are more than 10 feet away from those windows, their sun exposure is drastically reduced. So if you've got plants that seem to be struggling this winter (houseplants, plants that are overwintering in your living room, herbs that are growing in your kitchen), and you're dealing with issues like pests, leaf drop, yellowing leaves, or long, thin stems, they simply might not be getting enough light. So how much light do indoor plants need? I had a marathon work session on my computer Friday night, so yesterday the fam and I got outside for a much-needed break, just half an hour from our house: It was a gorgeous day, and you can't beat those views. 😍 (That's my 8-year-old. Want to teach your kids to snowboard too? She started at 14 months old and I wrote a step-by-step guide here on how we did it. The day your kid's finally linking turns and cruising all over the mountain with you is just the BEST day ever. 🙌) P.S. Are your indoor plants getting enough light? Chances are they aren't—here's how you can gauge how much sun they're really getting. P.P.S. I had a few questions from one of my last emails about what I use for bone broth. I get most of my grass-fed beef bones from Azure Standard. For a healing, mineral-rich broth, I like to mix things up in one pot so I usually use:
I usually make chicken broth with the carcasses from my Costco rotisserie chickens but I always throw a few chicken "paws" in with them. |
Garden Betty
For people who want to grow more food with less work. 🌱 This is my weekly newsletter loved by 38,000+ subscribers—here's what one of them had to say: "These are not the regular run-of-the-mill garden-based emails. You actually touch on more unusual tidbits that encourage me to keep growing and learning."