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Seed Starting Tips: Soaking and Stratification for Better Flower Seed Germination

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It's nearly October, and that means one very important thing - it's time to begin preparing for the spring garden. While I know it seems somewhat odd to start preparations this soon, it's actual crucial in terms of creating the best garden possible. After all, now is the time to start planting fall flowering bulbs,…

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Starting Tomatoes and Peppers, Already??!

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Hi Lovelies, This is it - the first step I'm taking to get back into the rhythm of blogging on the regular. With that said, I've definitely failed. So, being totally honest, I had every single intention of making this a full-on detail oriented blog post. But, guess who completely forgot to take ANY pictures....…

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March Week One Update

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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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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)

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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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February 2016: Week One Update

Categories anemones, annuals, cold, corms, cut flowers, cutting, direct sow, dusty miller, first flowers, flowers, forcing, fragrant, frost, gardening, Growing, guide, hardy annuals, hoophouse, how to, photos, ranunculus, seed starting, snapdragons, snow, sweet peas, tulips, update, walk around, winter, winter sowing12 Comments on February 2016: Week One Update

Hi Lovelies, First and foremost, let me apologize to everyone who left a comment on the last post and I didn't get a chance to respond. I've been having major technical difficulties over here, which I have hopefully resolved. Now that I've done a lot of winter sowing, I feel like the season has started…

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Preparing Winter Sowing Containers – Ready to Plant!

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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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Hardy Annual Seedling Update

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    Hi Lovelies, Today I thought I would share some photos of the hardy annuals that are currently in the garden. Whenever I grow something new, one of the first things that I do when I see sprouts in my garden beds is "google" whether or not the plant that's growing is in fact…

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