The soil’s first tilt—where every seed meets its light.
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My childhood home had a patch of dirt behind the garage where my dad grew zucchini every summer—so much that we’d give bags of them to neighbors until they begged us to stop.
That garden became my first classroom in patience, in watching roots stretch deep into the earth, and in the quiet magic of something growing from nothing. Now, I run this site to share the joy of gardening—not just the end results, but the whole messy, rewarding process of coaxing life from soil.
More from Colleen Okafor
Growing Whopper tomato seeds starts with a simple layering trick that transforms weak seedlings into bursting vines by summer. I learned this after my first batch of Whoppers produced lanky plants that barely held their…
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