I’ve decided to grow sprouts in my newly cleaned growing closet. The closet, which had once been home to my wintertime seed sprouting activities, became the catch-all space for plungers, power tools and spare cans of paint (like we’ll ever use those). A rainy weekend provided me ample time to revitalize the space and take ...
Read More | Just VeggiesSpring is almost here, and if you're like me, you're anxious to get out in your gardens to get to work! I used to spread seeds in fall, but my success rate was very poor. I have so many birds, I think most of my seeds get eaten. This year, I decided to wait until ...
Read More | Wildlife Gardening JournalJanuary and February are the months where you see a lot of blog and social media posts urging you to “Let’s get ready for seed starting!” I’ve written posts just like that—HERE and HERE and HERE. However this post is not that post. Instead, let’s consider some reasons why you might bypass the seed sowing ...
Read More | Just VeggiesIn a previous post on starting seeds I discussed how to prep for the seed-starting process. Now that you’ve gathered your clean containers and your seed-starting mix, let’s move on to what to do when you actually sow those seeds. Read Your Seed Packet Seed packets are invaluable pieces of information. They may have a ...
Read More | Just VeggiesConsidering starting seeds for your vegetable garden this year? If you’re one of the millions of people who took up gardening as the pandemic wore on into its first month of lockdown, you may have begun your gardening experience on fly. This year, however, you have the opportunity to be a bit more planful about ...
Read More | Just VeggiesWho knew that growing strawberry plants from seeds was possible? When I was a kid growing up on the farm, we had a quarter-acre strawberry patch from which we conducted U-Pick sales. Strawberry growing at that time meant transplanting either small plants that we bought from a wholesale nursery or the “babies” produced at the ...
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