Another week has come and gone; the weekend is drawing to a close, and I hope our newsletter finds you all well. We had a busy week here at Rural Sprout, with lots of helpful new pieces being published.

I can tell everyone is getting their growing season underway, and I’m thoroughly enjoying the emails from our readers sharing photos and updates of their gardens. (Keep ‘em coming!) I have to say, our readers are some of the nicest folks on the internet. 

Can you believe it? We’ve been growing together for nearly five whole years.

It got me thinking about the gardens I’ve had in the past five years.

I had the rooftop garden back in my old apartment. 
There’s the Garden Tower 2, which I still use every season.
There were the flowers and veggies I grew on my balcony.
The small Kratky boxes I used indoors to grow lettuce and herbs.
And finally, our main garden, out at my sweetheart’s home.

From the start of my time with Rural Sprout, I’ve been a champion of the idea that you can grow food anywhere. It’s kind of neat to look back over a small portion of my life to see all the different ways I managed to garden. 

But it’s more than that. Gardening is one of the few ‘hobbies’ where you get a complete reset every year. You can start the whole thing over again after a nice rest for a few months. I think that’s the key to why folks show up, year after year, to play in the dirt and grow their own food.

I hope you’re looking forward to this growing season. I hope you send me more photos of what you’re growing. I hope you keep emailing me with your stories and your questions. And I hope you keep gardening with us for another five years.

Here are all the new articles from this week, as well as a few I thought would be helpful this time of year. As always, feel free to spread the word to family and friends if you find Rural Sprout helpful and enjoyable.