Now that we're almost into February, it's time to start thinking about planting seeds for the next growing season. The first seeds that I'll sow include my perennial flowers and my hardy annual flowers. Since I don't have a big grow light setup, I'll need to construct an unheated low tunnel specifically for seed starting…
Continue reading ➞ Winter Sowing Low Tunnel Setup for Seed Starting
Since I've started posting about seed starting and winter sowing, one of the most common questions I get is "what do I winter sow and when?" This year, I'm attempting to help answer that question by making a series of posts showing what plants I'm actually planting each month. I generally start the winter sowing…
Continue reading ➞ What I’m Winter Sowing in January –
This winter sowing season is finally coming to a close. If you've been following along here on the blog, you know that I did something a little different this year. Instead of using bottles, I decided to start seeds in trays using an unheated low tunnel. As you can see from the photos below, this…
Continue reading ➞ Winter Sowing Results for Frost Tender Annual Flowers and Vegetables
Winter sowing petunia seeds is a great way to grow a lot of flowers at a little cost. Let's face it, bedding plants can be really expensive. Growing from seed not only allows us to save a little money, but it also gives a great selection when choosing which seeds to grow. The process of…
Continue reading ➞ Winter Sowing Petunia Flowers
Winter sowing impatiens is a great way to add a lot of appeal to flower beds for a very low cost. While many bedding plants can be easily purchased at the home improvement store, the cost can definitely add up quickly. Luckily for those of us on a budget, the winter sowing method is a…
Continue reading ➞ Winter Sowing Impatiens Flowers for the Flower Bed
In my experience, it seems that cleome is one of those flowers that people can have strong opinions about. Before I started growing it, I had no clue what the plant even looked like. However, now it's an ornamental flower that I really, really love. I personally don't use this one as a cut flower,…
Continue reading ➞ Winter Sowing Cleome Flowers in the Cut Flower Garden
Ever since I started winter sowing pepper seeds, I haven't gone back to starting the seeds indoors. When I first started gardening, I assumed that starting these seeds under grow lights was the only option. My first couple trys at grow pepper seeds was an absolute disaster. In the end, I had little to show…
Continue reading ➞ Winter Sowing Pepper Seeds – Seed Starting
I seriously can't believe it's already that time again. Winter sowing tomato seeds! While it feels like winter has lasted forever, it hardly feels like I should be starting tomato seeds. However, that's the beauty of the winter sowing method. If you're unfamiliar with winter sowing, you can definitely find more information by doing a…
Continue reading ➞ Winter Sowing Tomato Seeds – Seed Starting Outdoors
The winter sowing reveal! Results are finally starting to show from our winter sowing experiment using an unheated low tunnel. Due to the cold weather lately, I'm not at all surprised that germination has taken so long. Nonetheless, I'm really excited to show the results so far. SEE LAST YEAR'S WINTER SOWING REVEAL – CLICK…
Continue reading ➞ Winter Sowing Reveal – March Progress in Low Tunnel
Write this down as another first time gardening seed starting attempt thing! Even after growing my cut flower garden all these years, believe it or not, there are still things that I have never tried to grow before. One such flower that I've never tried to grow from seed are roses. You see rose seeds…
Continue reading ➞ Winter Sowing Roses from Seeds in Zone 6/7
