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,…
Continue reading ➞ The Forgotten Chrysanthemums – Cut Flower Farm
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…
Continue reading ➞ Trying to Hybridize Daffodils for the First Time!
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…
Continue reading ➞ Saving Celosia 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.…
Continue reading ➞ Saving Zinnia 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.…
Continue reading ➞ Saving Cosmos Seeds
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…
Continue reading ➞ Seed Saving – Bachelor’s Buttons
