I have a little stand of Verbena bonariensis 'Vanity' growing in the flower bed I made around my mailbox last fall. There are a lot of directions I could take this story. For starters, I could …
Those 11 Cents Packets of Seeds
Are those cheap packets of seeds you sometimes see for sale in the spring worth it? I spent 22 cents for two packets of stock (Matthiola incana) seeds, variety 'Ten Week', and sowed them later than …
I Will Never Need to Buy Seeds for These Plants Again
Let's give a shoutout for relatively well-behaved self-sowing plants in the garden, shall we? Buy the seeds once and you'll never need to buy them again! With virtually no effort on my part, …
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Organizing My Seeds
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 …
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 …
Garden Fairies Take Inventory of Seeds
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and we are doing what everyone does in January. We are going through all the seeds to determine if Carol has enough for this spring, summer, and fall. …
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