I know I said I wouldn’t do this until I finished my planting calendar, but I realized it wouldn’t take long. I think I’m still missing a few flowers from seeds I gathered last year, but I’ll fix that after I finish my planting calendar. Continue reading “Site Change: Added the new seeds to “What I’m planting soon” list”
Category: Behind the Scenes
The other bits that help the garden grow.
Unfinished posts and finished plantings
The lack of consistent postings of late is not a sign that we’ve not been putting in at least some time each day towards our garden, it’s that I’ve not managed to eck out the time to finish a handful of posts about what’s been done in that time. Continue reading “Unfinished posts and finished plantings”
Note to Future Me #10
Windowsills can be cold even if they are sunny. Start something there too soon that doesn’t like colder temps, and it won’t grow. Continue reading “Note to Future Me #10”
Making our 2019 seed list–part 3
I started this post the week we put the seed order in, and I’m finishing it after they arrived. Every promise faithfully kept eventually, so here’s part three. Continue reading “Making our 2019 seed list–part 3”
Pruning the past
One of my goals for this year is to work towards a daily journal along the lines of what my Nana kept for her garden. I was going to try a monthly (which I’ll get into a bit further down), although I intend to work up to a daily. Continue reading “Pruning the past”
Note to future me #9
Next year, before you put in the order with Heirloom, CALL THEM and ask politely what the free seed is for the year. Continue reading “Note to future me #9”
Our seed order arrived today!
More about the seeds tomorrow in a few days.
Transfer seedlings: too dried out or too much handling?
In my head, I know it’s one thing to have what you need on hand and at least in an easy to grab place. It’s another thing to go a step further and do as much as you can within reason before starting something. Somehow, such foreknowledge slipped through the sieve of my brain and now I’m trying to salvage some transplants as a result.
Continue reading “Transfer seedlings: too dried out or too much handling?”
Note to future me #8
I know you’ll be anxious a lot this year because once again there is so much you want to do and gosh darn it you had to have learned something last year, right? At least it was way better than two (now three) years ago, right? Yep.
Don’t forget you now have a porch swing to go to sit and think or forget or ponder or whatever. You will get overwhelmed. Take a break and go swing. Continue reading “Note to future me #8”