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Winter Sowing Bachelor’s Buttons Flowers in Zone 6b/7

February 6, 2019February 5, 2019bachelor buttons, fall planting, fall sowing, flowers, gardening for beginners, hardy annualsLeave a Comment

Winter sowing bachelor's buttons seeds works like a charm. Then again, bachelor's buttons seeds are so easy, I'm starting to think there are practically a million different ways that you can start these seeds. You can winter sow them, start them indoors or direct sow them - they all work. However, depending upon where you…

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In the Garden: ‘Classic Romantic Mix’ Bachelor Buttons

May 3, 2016January 15, 2019annuals, bachelor buttons11 Comments

Hi Lovelies, I've been doing a terrible job keeping up with posts and comment replies, and in the midst of planting season, I'm not sure if I've been getting as much sleep as I should be getting. Anyhow, in my quest to try to post each of the varieties that I'm growing this year, I…

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March Week One Update

March 7, 2016October 31, 2018amaranth, anemones, annuals, arrangments, bachelor buttons, bees, beneficials, bouquets, bulbs, cold, cut flowers, cutting, daffodils, dahlias, decor, direct sow, diy, dusty miller, fall, fall planting, fall sowing, farm, first flowers, flowers, fragrant, frost, gardening, Growing, guide, hardy annuals, home decor, hoophouse, how to, hyacinth, hybrids, indoors, lupine, milk jugs, nectar, photos, picking, planting, plastic, pollen, pollenless, pollinators, poppy, propagating, pulling, quinoa, ranunculus, reviews and trials, salvia, seed saving, seed starting, seedlings, snapdragons, snow, statice, stock, story, strawflower, sunflowers, sweet annie, sweet peas, tubers, tulips, tutorial, Uncategorized, update14 Comments

Hi Lovelies, Brace yourselves! This post has a lot of pictures. Just a quick peek at nearly everything that's going on right now! Let's all just hope that this warmer weather will keep on coming our way! Not pictured is the progress on the dahlia tubers that I've started for cuttings. The reason? Well, it looks…

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A Post about the Cold and Other Stuff?

January 17, 2016January 17, 2016anemones, annuals, bachelor buttons, cut flowers, cutting, fall planting, farm, flowers, gardening, Growing, hardy annuals, hoophouse, info, planting, plastic, ranunculus, Uncategorized, update, winter, winter sowing16 Comments

Hi Lovelies, It looks like winter is officially here. It's been colder and I've been "babying" the ranunculus in the polytunnel on the extra cold nights. I'll talk more about that in a second. Things seem to be way busier than they should be right now. But, it's definitely been "one of those" weeks. Just…

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Beginner’s Guide to a Gorgeous Spring Garden

October 15, 2015October 31, 2018anemones, annuals, arrangments, bachelor buttons, bouquets, bulbs, corms, cut flowers, cutting, daffodils, direct sow, dutch iris, fall, fall planting, fall sowing, farm, first flowers, flowers, fragrant, gardening, Growing, guide, hardy annuals, hoophouse, how to, ranunculus, seed starting, snapdragons, sweet peas, tulips6 Comments

Hi Lovelies, Well, we made it! Day 15 of Blog-tober! If I had known that 31 days of straight blog posts would be this difficult, I'm not sure I would have taken on the task - but, I'm enjoying it nonetheless. With tons of orders of spring seeds and bulbs landing on my front porch…

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Hardy Annual Update – Blog-tober Day 6

October 6, 2015October 31, 2018annuals, bachelor buttons, bouquets, cut flowers, cutting, direct sow, fall, fall planting, fall sowing, first flowers, flowers, gardening, Growing, guide, hardy annuals, hoophouse, how to, planting, seed starting, Uncategorized, update2 Comments

Hi Lovelies, After finishing last night's post about anemones, I've got to slow my roll a little bit. Besides - with tulip planting, hoophouse building, and new Youtube videos on the way (subscribe! whoop!); I need just a little bit of time to gather and collect my thoughts. Around the September 20; I pulled up…

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Seed Saving – Bachelor’s Buttons

July 27, 2015October 31, 2018annuals, bachelor buttons, cut flowers, direct sow, fall sowing, gardening, hardy annuals, seed savingLeave a Comment

Hi Lovelies, Today's post was definitely one of those spur of the moment, random ideas that I get. I started seed saving back when I started growing veggies. In fact, seed saving is important for many reasons - but alas, I'll save that for another day. I was walking through the garden today when I…

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Preparing for Hardy Annuals

July 7, 2015October 31, 2018annuals, bachelor buttons, cut flowers, direct sow, fall, fall sowing, Growing, hardy annuals, planting, seed startingLeave a Comment

Hi Lovelies, So, it's raining again. I know I shouldn't be complaining because a lot of folks are suffering from heat and a major drought, but I'm itching to get back into the garden so badly. The stargazer oriental lilies started to bloom this week. Unfortunately, they did so during the rain. That means there…

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Updates – Sweet Peas, Lisianthus, Catmint, and Planting Time

June 15, 2015October 31, 2018bachelor buttons, first flowers, lisianthus, sweet peasLeave a Comment

Hi Lovelies, I hope that everyone is doing quite well. I've been on the road to recovery for the past week after a quick visit to the emergency room, yuck! With this, I've been away from the flowers and so much has gone on without me. Though I'm technically still supposed to be on bed…

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