14/04/2026
🪴TODAY IS NATIONAL GARDENING DAY🪴
National Gardening Day on April 14th encourages gardeners and would-be gardeners to pick up a shovel & some seeds and kick-off a beautiful year of homegrown bounty.
Whether you want to grow vegetables, fruit, flowers, houseplants, or anything in between, National Gardening Day celebrates a satisfying pastime that you will enjoy for decades. Growing your own food also lets you provide fresh and natural nourishment for your family for a fraction of grocery store prices.
As many gardeners know, the benefits of gardening come from more than the produce. Spending time in the garden also provides physical activity and an opportunity to join with nature.
The observance is a call to action to get out and grow flower or vegetable gardens. No matter how you garden, plant in the ground, in containers, in straw bales or a square foot gardening box. Just garden!
You’ve also still been using your stove in the evenings as the temperature has been dropping, but what do you do with the ash from your stove ?
Did you know that ash from your wood burning stove is a fantastic ingredient for your compost heap ?
A source of potassium, perfect for flowers & fruits
So using your stove is actually going to help your garden grow 🔥