Hi Lovelies, Well, we made it! Day 15 of Blog-tober! If I had known that 31 days of straight blog posts would be this difficult, I'm not sure I would have taken on the task - but, I'm enjoying it nonetheless. With tons of orders of spring seeds and bulbs landing on my front porch…
Continue reading ➞ Beginner’s Guide to a Gorgeous Spring Garden
Hi Lovelies, First, my apologies that the past few posts were the products of automatic scheduling. I had to go out of town at the last minute, and was absolutely determined to keep up with Blog-tober. There's a frost predicted this week, which is a total bummer - but it also means that I'll finally…
Continue reading ➞ Propagating Roses (the easy way)
Hi Lovelies, So, social media. Most people either love it or they hate it. You get on Facebook, and there's your ex-boyfriend cruising around the coast of Hawaii on his new yacht and suddenly you've completely forgotten how miserable you were for like 3 years of your life. Like many people, I hated social media…
Continue reading ➞ The Gardener’s Guide to Instagram
Hi Lovelies, Now that all of the zinnia beds are gross, and dahlias are in danger of being wiped out by frost at anytime, I've finally gotten around to starting to think about fixing up my sweet little hoophouse. Since I'm currently a city-dweller, there's absolutely no possible way that I'd have room for a…
Continue reading ➞ Building a Hoophouse on a Budget
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…
Continue reading ➞ Growing ‘Ali Oop’ Dahlias
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…
Continue reading ➞ How to Grow Anemones in Zone 6 (and probably other places, too!)
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…
Continue reading ➞ Guide to Growing Ranunculus
Hi Lovelies, It's beginning to feel a lot like fall here. I'm not necessarily a big fan of the weather getting cooler, but it's a nice change of pace since I'm already thinking about planting things for next year. One of the tasks this week has been clearing out some of the beds to get…
Continue reading ➞ Growing ‘Kurume’ Celosia
Hi Lovelies, Well, I think we all knew that it was only a matter of time. It was bound to happen, so I figured I would get it over with -- let's talk 'Cafe au Lait'. If you follow pretty much any flower farmer on Instagram or any other social media, for that matter, you've…
Continue reading ➞ Growing ‘Cafe au Lait’ Dahlias
Hi Lovelies! Last week I was busy singing the praises of my 'Bright Lights' Cosmos patch. This week, I thought I'd quickly share the current process I'm going through with saving some seeds for next season. I'm sure a lot of folks may wonder why I'm bothering to collect seeds when they are so inexpensive.…
Continue reading ➞ Saving Cosmos Seeds
