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Things Are Blooming, Finally! Cut Flower Patch Update – End of April
Finally, the garden is starting to feel alive. The trees here have finally gotten their leaves, and the anticipation of warm sunny days is making me crazy. Here’s what’s going on with the cut flower patch – Advertisements Advertisements
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Jump Starting Dahlia Tubers+ Leafari Review
I got a package in the mail today, and of course, I couldn’t wait to open it. Dahlias! Finally! I ordered quite a few dahlias this year from several different places. The first parcel to have arrived is from Leafari – and I won’t lie, it was pretty disappointing. I’m not sure if Leafari is a new company, but I first discovered it when I was specifically on a search for “Wizard of Oz” dahlias. I couldn’t find them anywhere else, so I made an order. In normal fashion, I checked the reviews on Dave’s Garden, and all seemed to be well. Fast forward to delivery day, I can’t help…
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Winter Sowing Results / End of April Garden Update – Cut Flowers and Vegetables
Even though it’s still raining and I still haven’t had the opportunity to plant a lot of my leafy green vegetables, we’re quickly approaching the last frost date for my garden. Here, I generally use the date of May 5th as my frost-free date – though, I’ve heard people say that it changes each year. I just wanted to quickly share what’s going on in the yard, as well as the progress of the winter sowing containers. That’s it! I sincerely hope that you enjoyed the quick tour of all of the plant seedlings I’ve started for the garden. As always, I’d love to hear your questions down below in…
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Monthly Scrub Club Subscription Box! Awesome!
First and foremost, I want to say thank you. When I started selling soap online, I didn’t expect so much support! Several people have mentioned the idea of a “soap of the month” subscription format for the one million scrub club. I’m happy to say that this now a reality! You can now “subscribe” to the one million scrub club and receive a new bar each month to your door. So exciting! Don’t want to subscribe? No worries, individual soaps will still be available each month on my soap shop website for the same price as the subscription. Thank you so much for your continued support. It seriously means so…
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Hardy Annuals: The Embarrassing Truth
So, this season I’m working on my transparency. I made the choice to do this, not really because I was actively trying to deceive people, but rather because the “perfectness” of social media online was driving me towards insanity. By my own nature, it’s nearly impossible to not find myself comparing how I measure up to others. Yes, I know, it’s not a good thing. Like I said, I’m really making the effort to work on it! With that in mind, I’ve decided to be even more candid with you guys about my own failures. Currently, the hardy annual flowers that we planted last fall are an absolute disaster. I…
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Johnny-Jump-Ups Are Actually Pretty Adorable – Growing Violas
When I planted johnny-jump-ups last season, I wasn’t exactly sold on the idea that I would like them. In general, I tend to always gravitate towards things that are big and showy. However, I bought them in hopes that they would reward me with even more early season color. For me, winter is a really difficult time to get through, and honestly, I need all the help that I can get! As it turns out, the whole process was really easy. I started the viola seeds around mid July. Simply, I sowed the seeds into a container in the house and then covered the container with a plastic garbage bag…
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Growing Bachelor’s Buttons from Seed – Hardy Annual Flower Favorites – Growing Flowers from Seed – Gardening for Beginners
Bachelor’s buttons will always be among one of my top five absolute favorite flowers. Now, I do realize that might sound a little odd. The plants don’t exactly have the show-stopping power of the likes of hydrangeas or roses – so what makes them so special? They’re easy! That’s right, bachelor buttons were among the first few types of flowers that I ever grew and are definitely part of the reason that I’m still growing flowers.I personally think that direct sowing bachelor’s button seeds is the choice to make. However, they’re more than happy being started indoors and then transplanted outside. They really aren’t very fussy at all. These beauties…
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Growing Chamomile from Seed: Gardening for Beginners – Growing Flowers from Seed – Cut Flower Farm
One of the really cool things about something like keeping a blog is that you don’t have to be organized. I mean, you kind of need to be organized – you have to plan ahead in regards to what pictures and video clips you absolutely need to take to actually publish some type of content. I’m not talking about that though. Garden notes – I don’t ever bother to write garden notes or keep track of the specifics about growing things from season to season because, for the most part, I post them here. Since I basically post my growing notes online, I can simply do quick search to see…
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Chrysanthemum Cuttings in the Mail! Thanks King’s Mums!
One of my favorite things about gardening is ordering various goodies in the mail. Now, it’s not that I just love shopping or anything like that – I simply love when a little package full of flowery potential shows up to my door. In most cases, I’ll make a bulb or plant order while I’m deep in the depths of the cold winter. There’s usually snow on the ground, and I can quickly be swept up in a brightly colored flower daydream. One of the late purchases that I made this year was from King’s Mums. King’s mums specializes in some of the most beautiful heirloom chrysanthemum cuttings that I’ve…
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Winter Sowing Results Pt. 2 + Garden Update – Week 2 – April 2018
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Winter Sowing Results Pt. 2 + Garden Update – Week 2 – April 2018
Finally! We finally had two days – count them, TWO – of beautiful weather. I’ll admit, I was beginning to lose patience and faith in the fact that I would ever be able to finally transplant my snapdragons and lettuce into the garden – but I got it done! Hooray! Just wanted to quickly check in on the progress of my winter sowing containers, as well as show you what’s blooming in the garden. Thanks so much! Hope you enjoy, and happy gardening!
