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Winter Sowing Kale in Zone 6/7

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I know that the internet has made it super trendy, but I actually really love kale. Like peas and spinach, kale was really one of the first vegetables that helped me in my journey to make healthier food choices. As someone who used to eat fast food for dinner every single night, making the transition…

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Winter Sowing Results Pt. 2 + Garden Update – Week 2 – April 2018

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Finally! We finally had two days - count them, TWO - of beautiful weather. I'll admit, I was beginning to lose patience and faith in the fact that I would ever be able to finally transplant my snapdragons and lettuce into the garden - but I got it done! Hooray! Just wanted to quickly check…

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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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November Garden Update

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Hi Lovelies, Long time, no see. Well, the leaves have completely fallen here. This means that with the exception of the plants in the hoophouse, the hardy annuals are completely covered beneath a nice layer. While some folks like to rake and rake, I don't, so I just let them be. That's the great thing…

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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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Hardy Annual Update – Blog-tober Day 6

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Hi Lovelies, After finishing last night's post about anemones, I've got to slow my roll a little bit. Besides - with tulip planting, hoophouse building, and new Youtube videos on the way (subscribe! whoop!); I need just a little bit of time to gather and collect my thoughts. Around the September 20; I pulled up…

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