by Daisy | Apr 17, 2009 | Beginner Gardens, Garden
Meet Johnny Jump Up. He’s an old fashioned favorite viola-family-type thing. But I like him because he’s the first face I see in the spring and he self-seeds like a maniac. He has my front door looking uber-cute about five minutes before spring officially...
by Daisy | Apr 3, 2009 | Garden, Intermediate Gardening
The blueberry plants arrived! I wanted to get them in the ground ASAP so I followed the planting instructions and here’s what they told me to do:1. Dig a 2-foot by 2-foot hole. I admit I fudged a little and the holes were more like 18″X18″. A 2-foot...
by Daisy | Apr 1, 2009 | Beginner Gardens, Garden
I have developed my own formula for year-round flower bed gorgeousness. 1. Bedding plants up front. LOTS. You can buy them(expensive) or start them indoors from seed, but two shifts of annual bedding plants are the cornerstone of a ‘showy from outer space’...
by Daisy | Mar 13, 2009 | Garden, Garden Hacks
Some folks collect and store their own seeds. Some folks buy and store their seeds. But, what you do not want to do is buy new seed every year if you don’t have to, right? And most of the seed you buy this season can be kept for 3-5 years!Materials Needed:TBSP...
by Daisy | Mar 6, 2009 | Garden, Intermediate Gardening
You have your seeds. You start them indoors in little pots under a grow light at the right time. Seeds are germinating. Everything’s going great. Then for some unknown and awful reason precious seedlings start to keel over at soil level and die like a tiny...
by Daisy | Feb 27, 2009 | Garden, Garden Hacks
You know those cute little six-packs of veggies you pick up at the garden center? By wrapping TL’s mini-pots around a SQUARE spice container instead of a round one, you can make your own.1. Tear in half one sheet of newspaper and fold into thirds. (Please ignore...
