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

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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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Growing Chamomile from Seed: Gardening for Beginners – Growing Flowers from Seed – Cut Flower Farm

Categories annuals, cut flowers, flowers, gardening, Growing, hardy annuals, herbs4 Comments on 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.…

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Flower Garden Update – Week One – April 2018

Categories annuals, bees, cold, corms, cut flowers, direct sow, first flowers, flowers, gardening, hardy annuals, milk jugs, planting, seedlings, snapdragons, tulips, update, winter sowing4 Comments on Flower Garden Update – Week One – April 2018

I've always wanted to make weekly updates, but I'll admit, I always forget about them and fail to keep up with progress. Now that I'm actively trying to get into a better blogging routine, I'll hopefully be able to maintain a better schedule. Let's see what's going on in the garden this week, shall we?…

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Winter Sowing Results Pt 2 – Cut Flower and Vegetable Seedlings

Categories cut flowers, fall planting, first flowers, flowers, gardening, hardy annuals, hyacinth, planting, winter sowing3 Comments on Winter Sowing Results Pt 2 – Cut Flower and Vegetable Seedlings

If you've been following my YouTube channel at all, you know that I'm completely obsessed with winter sowing. I mean, seriously, I talk about it all the time. I'm almost finished with winter sowing for the season, and I'm so happy to show you all what some of my bottles of seedlings currently look like.…

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Winter Sowing Sweet Peas – It Works!

Categories cut flowers, hardy annuals, sweet peas, Uncategorized, winter sowing3 Comments on Winter Sowing Sweet Peas – It Works!

Okay, if you follow me on YouTube, you're most likely tired of hearing me talk about it - winter sowing. I seriously love this technique so much. In fact, I even put in the effort to make an entire winter sowing series in which I show every winter sowing container being started for this year's…

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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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Garden Planning (The Abridged Version)

Categories annuals, cold, cut flowers, cutting, direct sow, flowers, gardening, Growing, guide, hardy annuals, hoophouse, how to, planting, propagating, seed starting, tutorial, update, winter, winter sowing6 Comments on Garden Planning (The Abridged Version)

Hi Lovelies, I'm so in the mood to plant things! In fact, resisting the urge to plant everything is really difficult. You might think I'm obsessed - I actually probably am. Any how, I wanted to quickly share this video from YouTube here for a couple reasons: There's a lot going on and I'm honestly…

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