A problem
is a chance
for you to do your best.
~Duke Ellington
The vegetable garden in July is “payday” for all of our hard work. The temperatures are hot, the soil is warm and the plants are lush with abundant fruit. In my garden crops [...]
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The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it. ~Arnold H. Glasgow
Now is the time in the garden I call “the waiting place.” The seeds are sown, the seedlings tucked in and creeping onward and [...] First, early April saw rain several days in a row. Then one morning last week there was snow as well as two mornings of frost. Now the second day of May finds my garden soil thirsty for much-needed rain. Through it all, the scarified and pre-soaked Spitfire nasturtium seeds have been outside tucked into two [...] Did you ever stop to taste a carrot? Not just eat it, but taste it? You can’t taste the beauty and energy of the earth in a Twinkie. ~Astrid Alauda Pollination. It’s how plants produce fruit. Well, partly. Plant reproduction is a cycle. When a seed is sown it [...] Weather means more when you have a garden. There’s nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans. ~Marcelene Cox
Do you remember the first seed you ever planted? Mine was a bean seed. I grew [...] At the end of January I joined a group of fellow garden bloggers in the seed GROW project. We were each supplied free “Spitfire” nasturtium seeds from Renee’s Garden to grow out together through the season. We’ll report our progress on the first Sunday of each month via our blogs. To follow the fun see [...] Have you got a problem? Do what you can where you are with what you’ve got. ~T. Roosevelt Every now and then a random conversation will spark an idea for a blog post. Yesterday I mentioned that liquid kelp is a valuable and nutrient rich fertilizer for plants to a vegan friend who [...] Are you looking for an easy garden project to occupy your time while early sown seeds germinate and snows melt away? Seed tapes are the answer. They’re super-simple to make, use everyday items in your home and make sowing small seeds like lettuces and flowers a snap! Seed tapes are simply paper strips with seeds [...] It only comes once a year. It’s not a holiday and it’s not tax time. It’s Super Sow Sunday! A “live” seed planting and Tweeting event bringing gardeners from all over together. United by our *avid* interest in seeds and gardening as well as a general dislike for football, Super Sow Sunday is our chance [...] Some seeds are just plain pokey when it comes to germinating. My general observation: the smaller the seed the longer the germination. Larger seeds like beans and squash may sprout in one week or less. Tiny pepper, eggplant and tomato seeds can take up to three weeks. Pre-sprouting seeds is one way of checking the [...] |
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