When it comes to cilantro, most people seem to have strong options. They either love it or hate it. I, for one, am someone who happens to love it. Seriously, just throw it into a salad, and I'm there to chow down. Luckily, for even the most inexperienced gardeners, winter sowing cilantro is totally easy.…
Continue reading ➞ Winter Sowing Cilantro in Zone 6/7
Growing herbs is one of my favorite things about gardening, and winter sowing sage is no different. In the past, I've had terrible luck with herbs. As a beginning gardener, I remember planting so many herb seeds. Every single seed tray that I tried was a complete failure. It wasn't until I discovered the winter…
Continue reading ➞ Winter Sowing Sage in Zone 6/7 – Growing Herbs from Seed
In my last post, I mentioned that the weather here has been absolutely frigid. Well, a couple days have passed and in true crazy weather fashion, our temperatures are now into the 60s. I should mention that that is very warm for this time of year, as our last frost date is usually at the…
Continue reading ➞ February Unheated Hoophouse and Garden Update – Flowers in Hoop House
Over the past week or so, we've been getting absolutely blasted with cold weather and freezing temperatures. Up until now, our winter weather had been relatively mild; something which is very common here in my zone 6b/7 garden. That all changed about two weeks ago, however, when the snow began to fall and the nightly…
If you follow along on my YouTube channel, you already know that I make an intentional effort to show every step of my seed starting process. This means that I intend to show most, if not all, of this year's winter sowing into the unheated low tunnel. Since I obviously can't post 30 videos in…
A few seasons ago, a brief introduction to the winter sowing method completely changed the way I garden. Without the need for grow lights or fancy seed starting setups, it is truly a way for those of us with tiny garden budgets to grow something that is absolutely amazing. The options when using the winter…
Since my last post, my winter sowing has moved into full swing. This time of year, the process of starting all my flower seeds is such an exciting one. On one hand, I'm super eager to watch things start to grow. On the other, I'm always worried that absolutely nothing will grow and that things…
Continue reading ➞ Continuing the Winter Sowing Method – More Plantings for the Low Tunnel https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-63276379-2 window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'UA-63276379-2');
Even though it's still raining and I still haven't had the opportunity to plant a lot of my leafy green vegetables, we're quickly approaching the last frost date for my garden. Here, I generally use the date of May 5th as my frost-free date - though, I've heard people say that it changes each year.…
Continue reading ➞ Winter Sowing Results / End of April Garden Update – Cut Flowers and Vegetables
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.…
