Now is a really good time to think about what Christmas gifts to get the gardner in your life. Not only will it be easier to find garden supplies or books to buy this time of year, but your gardener may have a better idea of what he (Let’s just use the grammatically correct gender […]
How to Kill Hundreds of Newly Hatched Baby Spiders with a Sticky Wand
Usually I leave spiders that are outside alone, knowing full well the benefit they are to my gardens. But on this day hundreds of newly hatched baby spiders were forming web masses all over my seedling trays. The baby spiders were thick all over those webs, like an army in waiting. Every time I turned […]
Fun Flowers to Grow From Seed: Cosmos
I grow flowers from seed in my greenhouse for three reasons. I feel a strong urge to grow things in late winter when it is fairly impossible to grow anything of significance outside. I will succumb to fewer impulses buys of flats of flowers if I know I have my own to take care of […]
DIY Outdoor Plant Shelf System for Hardening Off Seedlings
I thought I wanted a cold frame for my birthday, to help me with hardening off my seedlings started in my greenhouse. I have an old one that I’ve been using (that my engineer made me years ago), along with the picnic table, the patio furniture, and the patio cement. He was quite willing to […]
What Plants Will I Grow in My April Vegetable Garden in Southwest Idaho
Right now, in early April in my garden, I have these vegetable plants sprouted and growing because I planted them in March or they volunteered in March: lettuce peas radishes cilantro broccoli cabbage Other things, like bunching onions (which I can harvest most of the winter), leeks, asparagus, and garlic, have wintered over, as I […]