Hello, my name is Jenn. . . and I’m addicted to seeds: Yup, that’s right. . . I have a problem! Â I just love buying seeds. Â Those gardening catalogs that start arriving around January are like crack to me. Â Half price seeds late in the gardening season? Â Yup, those too. Â And then to make it… Keep Reading
How to Save Seeds (from Kale, Turnip, Beans & more)
This year as the new gardening season kicks off I am using, for the first time, some seeds that I saved myself! Seed saving starts with your initial seed choice, so believe it or not early spring is a great time to talk about how to save your own seeds. In it’s essence seed saving… Keep Reading
Garden Primer: Last Frost Date, First Frost Date and Length of Growing Season
Remember a week or so back when I taught you all about How to Read a Seed Packet? There was a lot of information, wasn’t there? Two of the things we talked about were “Days to Maturity” and “Propagation”. Here’s a quick refresher. Days to Maturity: How long it takes the vegetable to be at… Keep Reading
Garden Primer: Perennials vs Annuals
What’s the difference between “Annuals” and “Perennials” in gardening? Easy! An annual is a plant that lives out it’s entire life cycle in one season. A perennial is a plant that lives for multiple seasons. For example-the marigolds most of us planted in primary school as kids (remember planting marigolds in cut off school milk… Keep Reading
Garden Primer: How to Read a Seed Packet
If you are going to have a vegetable garden there is one thing for sure-you are going to need seeds! I mean sure-you can buy those pre-started plants at your local nursery, big box store or corner plant stand. . . but there are some things that you just have to plant directly in ground… Keep Reading
