Come spring, I’m going to plant flowers. Everywhere I go, flowers will be sitting in displays, like packages of candy magnetically pulling the money out of a child’s pocket. Only, in this case, I am the child. But I know that I can grow many flowers from seed. Now, if I wait and try to […]
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12 Things that can Make or Break Your Transplanted Seedlings
If you had only known There is nothing quite as disheartening as watching transplanted seedlings die in your spring garden. If you grew them from seed yourself, it is even sadder. You can avoid this tragedy by knowing how to do a few simple things. determine if you have a healthy seedling make sure the […]
The Easy Way to Collect Heavenly Blue Morning Glory Seeds
Why I collected seeds off of my driveway I just collected Heavenly Blue Morning Glory (HBMG) seeds off of my driveway for a few simple reasons: That was where the best blooming HBMG plant of the year had dropped its seeds. That plant was a volunteer from a other previously volunteered HBMG plants, so I […]
Flowers at the Feet of Vegetables
Get ideas from my successes and failures in interplanting flowers with vegetables – Last year I experimented with including many more flowers in with my vegetable garden. I wanted the color without giving up much space, so I tried to choose flower – vegetable combinations that shared space well. For instance, I planted zinnias to […]
Dilemmas and Solutions for Old Garden Seeds
The nagging question about this time of year is “Should I just use all my old garden seed?” This is complicated by enticing seed catalogs, fears of low germination, and desires to plant exactly the right thing. Let me offer some things to think about, that will hopefully help you decide what you […]