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, …
A Chance To Win Free Seeds From Botanical Interests
Thanks to the generous people at Botanical Interests, you have a chance to win six packets of seeds! Just leave a comment on this post before 5:00 PM EST on Thursday, January 29th and then sometime …
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In Just Two Months…
In just two months, give or take, I’ll be out in the garden planting ‘Green Arrow’* peas and lettuce and onions.It will be a beautiful early spring day when I get the wheelbarrow out of the garage, …
Seed Packet Review – Botanical Interests
January 10th and winter continues. We are still about 9 weeks away from being able to sow any seeds in the garden.But this has not kept me from getting six packets of seeds from Botancial Interests …
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Ritual of Seed Catalog Reading and Ordering
My stack of seed catalogs seems to grow each time I go out to the mailbox.Burpee, Jung Seeds & Plants, Territorial Seed Company, Select Seeds, Pinetree Garden Seeds, Thompson & Morgan, Totally …
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Tree-weeds
Do you know what you call tree seedlings that come up all over the garden?Tree-weeds.Yes, they are weeds. But there are some gardeners who get all “funny” about pulling tree seedlings as weeds, …