I am of half Irish descent, so St. Patrick’s Day has always been my favorite holiday of the year. Every family member on that side of my family has their own yearly traditions, but we all always have a traditional Irish dinner every year. A couple of my traditions include making Irish soda bread &…
Continue reading ➞ Winter Sowing Bells of Ireland Flowers for St. Patrick’s Day
It has finally started to warm up here after weeks upon weeks of frigid temps & over 30 inches of snow. We have been enjoying a few 40+ degree days here, which of course just serves to get me itching to garden it up as soon as possible. I’m in gardening zone 5b, so planting…
Continue reading ➞ Gardening Adventures: Seed-Starting Planning
Whew, it has been one eventful growing season over here! 2020 brought a lot of new gardening challenges, chief among them was my quest to grow from seed. As a general novice in this gardening field, I decided to dive right in this spring by starting a bunch of seeds indoors. Mainly because I was…
I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to try to grow cucumbers by seed this year during my gardening from seed quest of 2020. So far, I have seed started impatiens & gazania flowers indoors, as well as tomato seeds 3 different ways with varying results. I also planted peas & marigold seeds outside. I…
Well, it’s been about a month since my tomato seed starting article where I compared seed starting indoors with the winter sowing method & hydroponics. A lot has changed over the last month. To be honest, it’s been a bit of an unexpected rollercoaster of events which I definitely did not expect, but that’s gardening…
I don’t have a lot of experience starting from seed, so I decided a few months ago that this would be the perfect time to dive right in. Since then, I purchased a variety of seeds (I still have a few more on my wishlist) & started a tray of impatiens & gazanias indoors. Most…
Continue reading ➞ Tomato Wars: Tomato Seed Starting Indoors, Winter Sowing vs. Hydroponics
*This article contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. As always, all opinions are my own.* Spring is almost here & seed starting season is in full swing. As I’ve stated in my other seed articles, I have never started vegetable or flower seeds indoors before. My house just doesn’t…
As a beginner to intermediate gardener, you know that the best way to get a head start on spring is by starting your garden during winter. As a home gardener with a few years of gardening experience under my belt, who is taking a social media class from Northwestern University through Coursera.com, I found two…
Continue reading ➞ Beginner/Intermediate Gardeners: 3 Best Tips for Starting Seeds Indoors
We have had a very easy winter this year (knocks on wood). It feels like spring over here even though it’s only the start of February & all of this nice weather has me itching to start gardening outdoors again. Let’s be real, I started getting the outdoor gardening itch in December! So I fed…
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