Matriarchy of Ramping Up the Garden! She has already received instructions on how to claim her free seeds. Happy seed starting, Matriarchy! Those of you who didn't win will have another chance next week at Garden Rant.
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Botanical Interests Seed Giveaway
January 30, 2009 – Posted in: Seeds and Seed StartingCongratulations to Robbie, who won some free seeds from Botanical Interests at Carol's giveaway! Those of you who didn't win have another chance. The giveaway here is just a bit different. First go over to Botanical Interests and look over their offerings. Then list the six seed packets (excluding the large packets) you'd like to [...]
Seven Gardening Gifts No One Will Give Me
May 9, 2008 – Posted in: Tools and EquipmentMother's Day is fast approaching, and many retailers who normally don't feature gardening products have potted flowering plants and other quasi-gardening gifts prominently displayed. I thought I'd take the opposite tack and share with you my favorite non-gardening garden "thingies." Most of them don't qualify as tools. Some of them, quite frankly, would look like [...]
Winter sowing, aka cold stratification
February 5, 2008 – Posted in: Seeds and Seed StartingWinter sowing, as far as I can tell, is identical to what, in my self-education as a gardener, I learned as cold stratification. The more traditional description of the procedure is to put the seeds in the fridge for the requisite period of time, and then sow them in pots or flats or whatever your [...]
Poppy Seed Queens
January 20, 2008 – Posted in: Seeds and Seed StartingJust about half a year ago, I was lamenting the loss of my favorite pink peony poppy. Thanks to one of my readers, I learned that these beauties are being sold on eBay. EBay! I had known that seeds and plants were sold on eBay, but had never thought to look myself. Julie Calhoun and [...]
Value Seeds, or Pinch Me, I Must Be Dreaming
February 16, 2007 – Posted in: Recommended Links, Seeds and Seed StartingThanks to an eclectic garden, I learned about Value Seeds. This reminds me of Edward Hamilton Books, my favorite place to shop for gardening books. Someone else's castoffs, but still good quality, one price for shipping no matter how much you buy, get-it-before-it's-gone selection, and very low prices. I haven't ordered from them myself, but [...]
Colchicum Foliage
September 17, 2005 – Posted in: Colchicums, Plant infoHow could this happen? After explaining to Zoey in the comments of this post what colchicums were, I realized I had never shown what the foliage looks like. It's not exactly breathtaking, so I don't have many photos of it to share. I had to scan in this photo, which was taken in my very [...]
Light Stand for Seed Starting
March 1, 2005 – Posted in: Hardscaping and Projects, Seeds and Seed StartingMany people try to start some seeds and grow them on in a window sill. Unless you happen to have a really deep window sill in a south facing window, growing seedlings in this manner rarely proves satisfactory. The seedlings don't get enough light and grow pale and leggy. You can grow far more seedlings [...]
Seed sources for Frostbite Falls, ID
January 5, 2004 – Posted in: Catalog review, Seeds and Seed Starting, WeatherMy poor rosemary got frozen pretty good up one side this week--too near the glass on the porch. The others wintering over look ok and two of the English violets look like they may be alive. The lemon tree has a nearly ripe fruit, for Heavens' sake. It was -20F this morning and the front [...]
A Bit of Bragging
August 1, 2003 – Posted in: What's up/bloomingI grew this lily from seed. Really. All by myself. Several years ago, my grandma sent me a letter with some seeds wrapped in wax paper. She had carefully handwritten "Pink Trumpet Lilies" on the piece of tape sealing the little package. She told me another woman in her nature discussion group gave them to [...]
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