Savoring Seeds with the Bookish Gardener

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March blew through with the mood swings of a diva… freeze! thaw! snow! thunderstorms!… “tempera-mental,” indeed. But the weather always turns the corner in April. The garden shows only the earliest signs of green, but spring finally seems plausible, and I’m even emboldened to regard the coming of tulips with the same certainty as taxes.

Chan Stroman’s second column for Saucy perfectly captures what seed starting is all about–not the “howto” of it (though the process is outlined) but the “heart” of it. If you’re a plant lover who’s started his or her own plants from seeds, you will find yourself nodding in agreement.

About the Author

Kathy Purdy is a colchicum evangelist, converting unsuspecting gardeners into colchicophiles. She gardens in rural upstate NY, which used to be USDA Hardiness Zone 4 but is now Zone 5. Kathy’s been writing since 4th grade, gardening since high school, and blogging since 2002. Find her on Instagram as kopurdy.

What differentiates a bulb from a perennial plant is that the nourishment for the flower is stored within the bulb itself.…There is something miraculous about the way that a little grenade of dried up tissue can explode into a complete flower.

~Monty Don in The Complete Gardener pp. 142

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Cynthia April 13, 2005, 3:54 pm

Hey Kathy,
Happy Birthday to you from all of us way down in the already 83 degree south! I’m going to give you a call but thought I would wait till later tonight!

Kathy Purdy April 13, 2005, 12:13 pm

Thanks Rob. This website wouldn’t be here without you.

Rob April 13, 2005, 9:42 am

happy birthday Kathy on the 13th!!