For instant gratification in the sporosphilia (seed sowing) world, radishes are it.“Instant” is just three weeks from sowing to harvesting for some radish varieties like ‘Cherry Belle’. That really is …
Queen of the Vegetable Garden: The Tomato
The tomato is the Queen of the Vegetable Garden!When I plan out my vegetable garden, I always choose my tomato varieties first, decide which raised beds to plant them in, and then plan out the rest of …
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Managing More than 50 Seed Packets
Early responses to the Garden Bloggers Seed Survey indicate that darn near every gardener sows a few seeds. In fact, just one respondent out of 21 so far doesn’t sow seeds. The reason given is because …
Seed Buying Secrets
What would you call the love of buying and sowing seeds?I would call it sporosphilia, using the Greek word “sporos” for seed and “philia” for love. Conversely, I would call the fear of seeds, …
Chicken Foot Orchid
Who’s in charge of common names for plants? No one? Good, then we can do as we please with common names. I thereby and hereby give this orchid the common name of Chicken Foot Orchid because its …
Time to Take Care of Them
My garden is full of them, and I’ll bet yours is, too. Generally, only you can see them in your garden until you tell others about them. Then they see them and nod in agreement realizing that they …
