Spring really is right around the corner, well that’s what people tell me anyway. It doesn’t feel a lot like spring since I’m looking out on a foot of snow covering everything, but I know things start warming up quickly. Next weekend, though, is going to feel a LOT like spring, because I’m heading off to the Proven Winners outdoor ...
A lot of gardeners have been blogging about ordering their seeds lately. Some of them take a strategic approach to the whole thing. Margaret at A Way to Garden orders from about a half-dozen companies. Carol at May Dreams Gardens ordered so many seeds she couldn’t keep track of them. I’m sure both of these women, and many other ...
T here’s hope that winter may end after all. I just placed my order with Dixondale Farms for onion starts. I was so happy with their long-day sweet sampler last year that I ordered it again, although this year they’ve changed up some of the varieties they include in it. I’ll miss the Walla Wallas, which were wonderful last year, ...
Is it possible to request your own intervention? Because I need it. Perhaps it has become clear through some of my posts, but I have a tendency to get hung up on things. Like REALLY hung up. Once I set my mind to solving some issue, I become obsessed with it. All free time is spent thinking about it, researching ...
I t’s rather shocking that it’s February and I actually have something for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, held on the 15th of the month by Carol at May Dream Gardens. I guess getting a late start on the amaryllis bulbs paid off in at least one respect. (To see the other amaryllis I kept, which showed off a couple weeks ...
Y ou may recall that I started the amaryllis bulbs a little late this year (making up for starting them way to early the year before). In mid-December they looked like this: I gave most of them away as Christmas presents. The one (well two, actually) that I gave my mom (in the galvanized container in front) was the most ...
F irst, some exciting news. I’ve been selected to be part of Proven Winners’ writers’ distribution. This means that I’ll get some new varieties of plants to trial prior to their release (so I will get a sneak peek at the 2011 introductions). I’ll also be going to Proven Winners Outdoor Living Extravaganza March 6 in Chicago, which I’m very ...
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