Snapdragons are started very early with tiny seeds. When I tried to grow these seeds my first year, I had no idea how successful they would be or not. After starting snapdragons, growing, and harvesting for my first season, I find them entirely easy to start and grow and they are my absolute favorite for …
Seed starting itself is not hard, per se. Plant seeds. Provide light or darkness with heat and humidity. Move on if the seeds don’t germinate. Caring for seedlings indoors, newly germinated, is a new ball game. It is a part of seed starting- the baby step after starting the seeds. Don’t miss out on learning …
I came across a meme that fits exactly into my train of thoughts. “Gardening isn’t just a hobby – it’s a way of life that will change you forever!” Absolutely agree! Defining “Hobby” With a simple Google search of “hobby definition,” the first result is from the Oxford Language stating a hobby is “an activity …
My first cut flower garden was rows after rows of zinnias that, welp, I never ended up cutting. I saw a neighbor plant zinnia in their vegetable garden and wanted to do something similar. I used a large bag of zinnias with fertilizer from Tractor Supply. Besides hoeing rows for this zinnia mix, I did …
For years, I was stuck in the mindset that a garden gets planted every May, for our northern, mountainous region in the Alleghenies. After a few seasons of planting peas early, it opened up the window of some early spring planting. Uniquely, companion planting peas with strawberries. We do rototill our garden. Although it could …
This season is something special with seed starting for me. It’s not only my fifth season starting seeds, but it is where I have ease and confidence in starting these seedlings. It takes the right supplies, as well as following the right steps, much in the same way as following a recipe when cooking or …
With expanding my cut flower garden, I needed something more than my current grow light, which holds 12 standard sized trays. We are in the process of building a small 10’ x 10’ window greenhouse, but it won’t have heat the first year. It will hold young plants, but it won’t be warm enough to …
In 2017 living in a small apartment above a garage with a large deck, I started my first set of successful seedlings for my mom’s farm and garden. I’ve made a lot of mistakes since then, and looking at where I am now with my knowledge and skills from my experience in seed starting, I’m …
Buying seeds for the vegetable garden in the big box stores like Walmart, Lowes, Home Depot, and Rural King is fine to do. It’s where I usually bought my seeds in my early gardening years. Walmart carries Burpee; Lowes carries Ferry-Mores; Rural King carries Livingston. But in recent seasons, I’ve been ordering seeds through catalogs …
I love cream pies. They are so easy to make, as well as delicious. For a larger gathering though, they can go quick. To make this peanut butter, I use an oreo crust with double stuffed Oreos, followed by a layer of the traditional filling for a peanut butter pie, with the final layer consisting …