Gardening season is pretty much done for now. I planted a lot of bulbs for spring and called it a day. I still have to clean up a bit and mulch (when the weather gets a bit nicer for a day or two) but I am otherwise in hibernation along with my garden until March. The pandemic, protests, and politics made it difficult to devote … Continue reading 2020 Garden Reflections
Why I’ve decided to stop wasting money on easy to propagate plants, especially those with easy to harvest seeds. I include some how tos regarding larkspur and poppies. Continue reading Seed Harvesting
For the first six years of my garden here in Columbia, Missouri, the goal was to plant and grow. I took out grass, created some hardscaping and planted, planted, planted. I’m now at a different point, I’m ready to start curating my garden. There are several reasons for this turn in my gardening. First, I am running out of prime real estate. My yard is … Continue reading Moving toward Curation
Today’s the solstice which means that longer and warmer days are coming (countdown to March 1st is at 70 days!!!). In the meantime, the view out of my front window is depressingly bare. So what’s a gardener to do? Well, I could certainly plan my spring garden (my giant Baker Creek Seeds catalog did come in the mail) or I could find some indoor flower … Continue reading Amaryllis in a Box
Just a quick picture post featuring oodles of zinnias. They’ve been so abundant this year and lovely to enjoy. Zinnias are also some of the easiest to grow flowers. You can also very easily keep the seeds to save some money for next year. This year I had almost the whole rainbow of zinnias (just missing blue). Enjoy! Continue reading Zinnias 2018
