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How to Store Seeds
1. Seeds need air. We recommend storing seeds in a paper envelope. It needn’t be fancy, folded newspaper will do, or you can repurpose junk mail envelopes. But seeds need the air circulation paper...
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A Thousand Words
Unlike Mike the Gardener’s seed packet pictured in the middle above, not all companies adorn their envelopes with a photo of the plant you will grow. When I was very new to gardening I found myself...
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What to Do in the Garden – January
Winter seems to drag on forever; then before you know it, it’s Spring. Getting prepared is a fun thing to do in January. By now you probably have at least a few calendars for the new year. This month...
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11 Hints for Growing Strawberries
Growing strawberries is easy to do. Here are a few tips to make you even more successful. Start strawberry plants by seed by barely covering the seeds with a wee bit of potting soil. Keep them moist...
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12 Random Things to Know About Saving Seeds
Let cucumbers get over ripe, even turn yellow, before saving the seeds. Know that veggies can only cross with their same species. So a zucchini might cross with a pumpkin, both are C. pepo, but not...
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The Wonderful Kikuza Squash
This is a fun squash we grew a few years back and really enjoyed it. The Wee Babe It is a pumpkin originally from Japan, but we were able to get seeds from Baker Creek. The fruit are only a few pounds...
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Growing Our Gardens Together
Over the course of the upcoming growing season I will be writing about my experiences with the seeds shown above. The seeds were provided for me to try for free so that I can let you know about them....
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10 Tips for Changes in the 2020 Garden
Will things be any different this year, what with Covid-19? They already are. The first thing I noticed was emails from seed companies saying their shipments might be late, and they could possibly get...
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Preparing for the Worst
Lately it seems that every day brings worse and worse news. Some people, whose opinions I admire, are suggesting ‘The writing’s on the wall.’ These are not your everyday 'preppers', I have never...
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10 Gardening Tips I wish I Knew Sooner
Cross Pollination - it happens to the seeds. 1. That you don't need to buy new seeds every year. That piece of info would have saved me a small fortune. Many seeds last for years, although how well...
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