I grew up in the garden – literally! When I was young, I had a section of the garden that was mine at my grandma’s house. I mostly made mud pies, but also pretended to hoe and “plant” whatever I found. When I got older, I joined 4-H and had my first garden of my… Continue reading Growing Up in the Garden
Tag: seeds
The Neighbor Kids
I have many posts to write about the things I’ve been working on around the house, but something happened tonight that I just have to write about. I was going to write a tweet to Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company, and realized that what I wanted to say wouldn’t fit in a tweet. A little… Continue reading The Neighbor Kids
Spring has Sprung
Between the seedlings inside, the plants popping up outside, and babies popping up all over, I think it is safe to say spring has sprung. And finally the weather agrees, with two lovely 60 degree days! The plants in the basement are growing and growing. I can’t wait to put them outside soon, but it… Continue reading Spring has Sprung
Broccoli and Tomatoes
I’m not feeling very good today, I thought yesterday that my kidney stone had passed, but now I think it just decided not to move yesterday. But… …look what happened to sprout up today – Broccoli! Just one, I’m hoping the other is close behind! I also repotted tomatoes after writing yesterday’s blog post. They… Continue reading Broccoli and Tomatoes
Repotting Cabbage and Kale
I’m finally starting to feel a bit better, I had the influenza and then a kidney stone – both of which left me miserable. But while I was out of commission, my little plants grew and grew! My cabbage and kale (the first things planted) especially grew. As I mentioned in a past blog post,… Continue reading Repotting Cabbage and Kale
Easy to Grow Flowers
This is my comment in response to Dee Nash’s post Which flowers are easy to grow from seed? Here are several I like it ended up being long so I decided to make a post of my own, I want to go find pictures, but I’m sick, so pictures might come later.. My favorite easy-to-grow… Continue reading Easy to Grow Flowers
Spring Seeds
Well, the weather outside might not agree, but spring is coming and it is time to plant seeds so I can have happy, healthy seedlings to put out. My goal is to grow a majority, if not all, of my plants from seeds this year, rather than buying plants, so I’ve been carefully studying charts… Continue reading Spring Seeds
Just When I Gave Up
I mentioned before that I planted two pellets with parsley nearly three weeks ago. Parsley has a germination period of 7 to 14 days, and the first pellet came up after 13 days, showing two little seedlings. The other didn’t come up within the germination period. I decided to give it a little more time… Continue reading Just When I Gave Up
Mystery Seeds
Look how big my little cabbage sprouts are getting! They are getting so tall they are nearly at the top of the greenhouse. I ordered a 25 cell greenhouse and some more coir pellets from Burpee and I hope they get here soon because the cabbage is going to outgrow the height of this greenhouse… Continue reading Mystery Seeds
Bulbs and Seeds
I spent some time today organizing my seeds. My goal is to figure out what I have and what I need so I don’t buy what I already have – like last year…and the year before. I have way too many packages of cucumber and sunflowers! I found that a medium size index card… Continue reading Bulbs and Seeds