I need to organize my seeds to see what I have before I order even one more packet. To do this, I've come up with a few categories. The more obvious categories include: Seeds I'm Going to Winter Sow: This is a new category for me as I've never tried winter sowing. But after a recent Gardenangelists podcast episode with Dee where we talked about winter sowing, I'm all in, as they say. I think this will work well for the viola seeds I seem to have accumulated in the last year. Seeds … [Read more...] about Organizing My Seeds
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – January 2022
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for January 2022, and Happy New Year. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, winter has so far been mild, though we did have several days of temperatures dropping down into the single digits last week. So I knew my attempts to find blooms outside would be much like an archeological dig. I found mostly fragments of the past growing season, like these dried hydrangea flowers. And these tall sedum blooms. These look great … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – January 2022
Growing Lettuce Like It’s 1957
This year, 2022, I'm going to grow lettuce like it's 1957. Until just this week, I've never had much luck, or for that matter, much interest in growing great crops of lettuce. Oh sure, like any dedicated gardener, in early spring I usually sow a few rows of various types of lettuce. Then throughout the spring, when I remember to do so, I'll cut some of the leaves for salads. I rarely, if ever, get or let any of my lettuce plants form nice heads. Of course, this is not how I was … [Read more...] about Growing Lettuce Like It’s 1957
What is a floracrat?
I recently started reading Some Ancient Gentlemen: Being an Examination of Certain People, Plants and Gardens by Tyler Whittle (1966, Taplinger Publishing Co., Inc. ) Ah, the good ol' days of garden writing. I'm not saying that gardening books these days are boring. I'm just saying that reading books from 50—oh wait—56 years ago, introduces one to a style of writing that we don't often see these days. I could quote and quote and quote from this book but instead I'll just hone in on the … [Read more...] about What is a floracrat?
How to Bring Joy Back to Gardening
Do you need some help to bring some joy back to your gardening life? Just remember Journey, Organic, and Years! Gardening takes you on a JOURNEY to destinations unknown and varied. Every trip into your garden—which I hope is not a literal trip over a left-out garden rake—is just one more step in that journey. That step could take you down a rabbit hole of history as you explore heirloom seed varieties. It could be a leap of faith as you plant something you hope will survive. It … [Read more...] about How to Bring Joy Back to Gardening
Happy New Year, Twenty-Two
The old rabbit, Twenty-One, slowly packed his bags and started to head toward the garden gate, ready to meet Twenty-Two at the stroke of midnight. Just as Twenty had given him instructions a year ago, he had made a few instructions for Twenty-Two. But deep down, he knew the ideas and instructions he'd written down wouldn't do Twenty-Two much good. He'd have to make his own way, just as he and all those years before him had. Twenty-One did want to tell Twenty-Two not to worry too much … [Read more...] about Happy New Year, Twenty-Two
