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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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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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Preparing Winter Sowing Containers – Ready to Plant!

Categories annuals, arrangments, cut flowers, cutting, diy, first flowers, flowers, frost, gardening, Growing, hardy annuals, how to, Make it, planting, plastic, seed starting, tutorial, Uncategorized, winter, winter sowing25 Comments on Preparing Winter Sowing Containers – Ready to Plant!

It's winter, and for me that means something very important! It's time to winter sow some annuals (and perennials!). The discovery of winter sowing was a complete game-changer for me. You see, my tiny little house is a dark wasteland, and the last thing that thrives here are delicate seedlings. Moving the operation outdoors is…

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Growing ‘Ali Oop’ Dahlias

Categories arrangments, bulbs, corms, cut flowers, cutting, dahlias, first flowers, flowers, gardening, Growing, guide, how to, picking, planting, reviews and trials, tubers, tutorial5 Comments on Growing ‘Ali Oop’ Dahlias

Hi Lovelies, It seems that I've managed to stumble upon another winner! I ordered 'Ali Oop' (like many of my other tubers) on a whim when things were on sale this year. While I'm not sure about the origin of the name on this one, I'll just assume that it has something to do with…

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How to Grow Anemones in Zone 6 (and probably other places, too!)

Categories anemones, annuals, arrangments, bouquets, bulbs, corms, cut flowers, cutting, fall, fall planting, fall sowing, flowers, gardening, Growing, guide, hoophouse, how to, plastic mulch, ranunculus, tubers, tutorial, Uncategorized, weed barrier16 Comments on How to Grow Anemones in Zone 6 (and probably other places, too!)

  Hi Lovelies, Well, well. It's hard to believe this is already my fifth post of October! In many ways, October is the month that I'm doing the most things. I'm planting bulbs (and ordering, lol), looking for bargains to save money for spring, and trying to enjoy the last of the nice weather before…

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Guide to Growing Ranunculus

Categories bulbs, corms, cut flowers, cutting, fall, fall planting, fall sowing, flowers, gardening, Growing, guide, hardy annuals, hoophouse, how to, picking, planting, plastic mulch, ranunculus, seed starting, tubers, tutorial, Uncategorized26 Comments on Guide to Growing Ranunculus

Hi Lovelies, Buckle yourself in, because this blog post is going to be an exciting one. Well, I think it is. If you live in one of those awesome areas where the temperatures are relatively mild and ranunculus grow and overwinter outside without protection, this post probably won't serve as much help. However, if like…

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