I noticed the other day that because I had stopped deadheading some Pelargoniums, some of them were producing seeds. I didn't know that the seeds would have little feathery tails on them. The …
How I Encourage Seedlings in My Garden
A reader asked in a comment on my post about free plants how I get plants to self-sow in my garden. I came up with several reasons why I think I've been successful in getting some flowers to …
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Garden Fairies Assess the Seed Situation
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we are here to assess the seed situation that someone's shopping of seed sales has caused. Honestly, we are kind of proud of Carol for buying seeds …
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Taking Stock
I worked on clearing off more of the raised beds in the vegetable garden yesterday and discovered that the Stock flowers I planted in late spring were attempting to bloom. I told the story of this …
Petunias… From Seed
I am "this close" to ordering another metal rack from Costco to set up in my sunroom, to double my seed growing space. Why, you ask? Well, just look at these petunias that I started from seeds …
Plans for Lavender Seedlings
Earlier this spring, one of my assignments from Family Handyman was to write an article about how to grow lavender from seed. With pictures. Which meant I had to actually grow lavender from seed …
