Hello, my name is Jenn. . . and I’m addicted to seeds: Yup, that’s right. . . I have a problem! I just love buying seeds. Those gardening catalogs that start arriving around January are like crack to me. Half price seeds late in the gardening season? Yup, those too. 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
