The Forgotten Chrysanthemums – Cut Flower Farm

Every year, I plant florist mums. I'm terrible at growing them, but I can't resist. They're so beautiful, and they always bloom when nothing else does. However, each year, I always neglect them. They grow quite slowly early in the season and soon they become lost in the weeds. The same thing happened this year,…

Trying to Hybridize Daffodils for the First Time!

Hi Lovelies! I mentioned a few posts ago that I should have planted more bulbs for spring. Maybe it wasn't a post, it might have been in the podcast. Either way, I was talking about it somewhere! I'm seriously missing the fact that there are no new tulips, ranunculus, hyacinths, or anything else currently in…

Saving Celosia Seeds

Hi Lovelies, This post is a little late, but don't worry - I didn't forget! I'm still knee-deep in cleaning up this season's mess, and now that it's colder, I'm a lot less motivated to even walk outside. It's usually at this point in the game that I start wondering why I don't live in…

Saving Zinnia Seeds

Hi Lovelies, With fall in full swing, it's a good time to learn how to save seeds of some of my favorite flowers. Luckily for me, collecting seeds from many plants is super easy - one of these being, zinnias. When saving seeds of anything, it's important that the varieties that you're saving aren't hybrids.…

Saving Cosmos Seeds

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.…

Seed Saving – Bachelor’s Buttons

Hi Lovelies, Today's post was definitely one of those spur of the moment, random ideas that I get. I started seed saving back when I started growing veggies. In fact, seed saving is important for many reasons - but alas, I'll save that for another day. I was walking through the garden today when I…