Grow - Eat - Heal
Welcome to My Little Green Garden! Are you interested in having your own backyard garden, but don't know how to get started? Do you feel like you have a brown thumb? Not sure if you even have the space to grow your own food? Then you've come to the right place! I'm Candice, creator and owner of My Little Green Garden. In 2013 I decided to start my own organic backyard garden here in Florida. After two years I decided I wanted to share everything I was learning because there's so much to learn! There's a lot I wish I had known - so now I'm sharing those things with you! On this site you'll find how-tos like selecting the right seeds, controlling pests organically, and growing delicious food at whatever stage you're at. This site also includes updates of my own garden to help inspire you, recipes, and healthy living tips.
Check out my Gardening Tips section and Garden Recommendations!
Let's grow together!
FREE Guide - 5 Tips for Organic Gardening!
This free guide will help set the stage for you if you are new to organic gardening, or looking for some additional tips! This is a collection of tips that I wish I had when I first started, and I hope it helps you on your journey to a delicious and plentiful harvest. Get My Guide Here
How to Determine Your Soil Texture
Soil gets a bad rap. You can’t track it in through the house without hearing complaints, and if it’s found anywhere on you, you have to wash it off. When’s the last time you were celebrated for leaving dirty shoeprints on the floor? OK, so maybe the best place for…
5 Ways to Preserve Your Garden Harvest
One of the best feelings from having a little backyard garden is having more food than you know what to do with. And you really don’t need much space to find yourself in that situation. With just a single 4’x8′ garden bed (32 sqft) you can find yourself having more…
How To Water Your Garden
Every garden needs sunshine and water. And while we don’t have much control over what the sun decides to do on any given day, we find ourselves more responsible for watering our gardens. One of the main activities required for maintaining a garden is watering. And sometimes that’s the only…
January 2019 Garden Update
Happy 2019! I hope the first month of the year has treated you well. I know it has for both myself and my garden, with the one small exception of a squirrel, or some other small critter, going to town on some of my vegetables. Hopefully, it at least helped…