The Patch Post

Prairie stories, growing tips, and reflections from our Kansas garden. Follow the seasons with Autumn Prairie Pumpkins.

Seedling emerging from rich Kansas soil in morning light - Autumn Prairie Pumpkins

A Seed in the Ground Is the Best Earth Month Promise You Can Make

April is here. The tomato starts are leaning hard toward the window, and the soil is loose again outside. The best Earth Month promise you...

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Young pumpkin seedling with cotyledon leaves in garden soil - Autumn Prairie Pumpkins

Growing Your Own Food Is an Act of Faith in the Earth

It's the last evening of March, and the seed packets are on the kitchen table again. The soil in the raised beds smells like it's...

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Community garden with raised beds and squash plants - Autumn Prairie Pumpkins

Why So Many People Are Planting Gardens This Year

Grocery receipts keep climbing. The fields are still bare. Something shifts in a person when they start doing the math and decide to grow instead....

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Backyard victory garden with pumpkins and American flag - Autumn Prairie Pumpkins

Growing a Victory Garden in Uncertain Times

In 1943, a woman in a house dress knelt in a narrow backyard plot and planted in straight careful rows while the whole street did...

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Kansas homestead garden with pumpkin rows and windmill at golden hour - Autumn Prairie Pumpkins

Growing Prosperity: A Practical Guide to Homestead Gardening and Sustainable Living

A quiet shift is happening in a lot of households. Less anxiety, more action. Gardens, fruit trees, seed orders, rain barrels. A practical guide to...

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