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Planting Parrot Tulips into the Spring Cut Flower Garden and Landscape – Growing Flowers

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It is not exactly a big secret that I absolutely love to plant spring blooming bulbs - more specifically, I love tulips. Even before I started my adventures into gardening, I was able to identify tulips when seen growing in front of the neighbor's house. As a person who knew absolutely nothing about gardening, tulips…

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Growing Bachelor’s Buttons from Seed – Hardy Annual Flower Favorites – Growing Flowers from Seed – Gardening for Beginners

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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…

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Winter Sowing Results Pt. 2 + Garden Update – Week 2 – April 2018

Categories annuals, bees, beneficials, chrysanthemums, corms, cut flowers, cutting, cuttings, dusty miller, fabric, first flowers, flowers, gardening, Growing, how to, info2 Comments on 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…

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Favorite Flowers for Beginners – Growing Flowers from Seed

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As a habit, I often browse tons of different gardening forums. I think I started doing it when I was bored one day, and the habit just kind of stayed with me. These days, I usually try to take a mental note of the common questions that are being asked. This week, there was definitely…

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Using Anemones as Cut Flowers

Categories anemones, arrangments, bouquets, bulbs, cut flowers, cutting, fall planting, flowers, gardening, Uncategorized8 Comments on Using Anemones as Cut Flowers

Hi Lovelies, Seriously, by this time, you've got to be getting tired of seeing me take all these pictures of anemone coronaria and rant on and on about how much I love them. That's what happens when you're the first flower to bloom in the spring - I'm going to celebrate like nobody's business. Anyhow,…

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How to Cut Hyacinths to Use as Cut Flowers

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Hi Lovelies, I planned on postponing this post for a little while, at least until I was finished editing the YouTube video to go along with it - but as always, I changed my mind. Using Hyacinths as Cut Flowers I have a kind of weird love of hyacinths. I love them because I think…

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March Week One Update

Categories amaranth, 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 on March Week One Update

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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Let’s Plant Some Sweet Peas (Lathyrus odoratus)and See What Happens!

Categories annuals, arrangments, bouquets, cold, cut flowers, cutting, direct sow, diy, fall planting, first flowers, flowers, fragrant, gardening, Growing, guide, hardy annuals, how to, milk jugs, seed starting, seedlings, sweet peas, tutorial, winter, winter sowing8 Comments on Let’s Plant Some Sweet Peas (Lathyrus odoratus)and See What Happens!

Hi Lovelies, First and foremost, let's be clear, we're talking ornamental sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus). NOT edible "sweet" peas,as they are sometimes called by veggie loving gardeners. These, in fact, are toxic. So, don't eat them. Okay? K, thanx. Sweet peas and I have a complicated relationship. I love them, but any time I think I've…

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February Week 4 Update – Germination Celebration, lol.

Categories annuals, bouquets, cold, cut flowers, cutting, direct sow, dusty miller, dutch iris, first flowers, flowers, gardening, Growing, hardy annuals, how to, lupine, milk jugs, planting, poppy, propagating, quinoa, ranunculus, salvia, seed starting, seedlings, snapdragons, stock, strawflower, sweet annie, sweet peas, tutorial, update, winter, winter sowing6 Comments on February Week 4 Update – Germination Celebration, lol.

Hi Lovelies, The week 4 update is a little early, but I probably won't have internet access for the next few days - so I wanted to get these posted now! All of the seedlings below have been planted using the winter sowing method in milk jugs. Let me know if you've got any questions,…

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An Update on a Sunny Day

Categories anemones, annuals, arrangments, bouquets, cold, cut flowers, cutting, direct sow, diy, dusty miller, first flowers, flowers, gardening, Growing, guide, hardy annuals, hoophouse, how to, lupine, photos, planting, quinoa, reviews and trials, salvia, seedlings, snapdragons, stock, strawflower, sweet annie, update, winter, winter sowing14 Comments on An Update on a Sunny Day

Hi Lovelies, Well, today looks like it's going to be one of the last days before the weather turns gross and cold again. It's sunny, it's 60F. For whatever reason, I don't feel like singing songs and wearing shorts yet, though. Anyhow, just wanted to quickly share some captures from the hoophouse and to update…

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