Category: gardening
Is 40 Acres Enough?!
I planted a bunch of seeds yesterday, been busy! I officially have 20 flats - all of them on heat mats, but only 16 under lights. I did some rearranging and some thinning out and tossing out, condensing and sorting. All of them have a different amount of seeds in them, I'm thinking I currently …
Mixing My Smooths & Crunchies
Greetings! It's been far too long since I've blogged...things have been a bit tops-turvy over here. Risking blending my GARDEN blog with my personal life....(which I kind of already did when I wished my dad a happy birthday and took a moment to discuss addiction on the 22nd of February)......being a mom of two 20'something-or-rathers …
Rushing It?
I planted 40 seeds yesterday, wondering why I'm planting so early, and if things are going to work out. According to the packet, the CFMN will be ready by May 20th.....the garden might just be ready to start planting by then, certainly not established by then.... The land is unworkable until it dries up & …
Hard Working Bells of Ireland
I made a mistake when I planted my Bells of Ireland....I put them in the dark...I got mixed up with the Chinese Forget Me Nots 😳 that I didn't even plant yet! However....they are doing amazing-and now they I've checked on the package & realize that indeed they actually don't need darkness to germinate....they are …
Happy Birthday Dad
Today marks what would have been dad's 73'rd birthday. For some reason I have a harder time with his birthday month than I do the month he actually passed away (April, 4 years ago). This year it occurred to me that I had forgotten it was his father's birthday also, and George Washington's birthday. The …
Bells of Ireland & Carnations
Good evening! After a lovely breakfast and visit with my mom and daughter I manged to get a few more seeds in the dirt! So exciting! 101 Bells of Ireland and 48 more Carnations, a second planting of carnations from 3 weeks ago were just promoted to a new growing lamp. You can scoot over …
Sweet Peas Are Fussy – I Don’t Do Fussy Well
Sweet Peas.....why did I decide to do them? I'm a bit embarrassed to say I may have drank some of the Kool-Aid that Floret Farm was dishing out. It's not a bad thing, it just is. She was hooked on them, she made it sound so sweet and fabulous, I thought I'd give it a …
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Non-Florist Flower Farmer
I do not want to go on a rant this early in the blessed am, but I do want to state something that is important...I'm not a florist. I have no intentions of doing weddings. I've recently seen some of the latest and greatest "popular" floral designs and have found I am not a fan. …
Winter Storm 2019
Woke up this morning to some great snow drifts! I was like a little kid scrambling out of bed to check on the snow! We took a hike out to the back of our 40 acres! Windy! Snowy! Beautiful! Hope everyone is staying warm & dry! What are some of your favorite snow day memories …
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