My footwear choices in the garden fluctuate between amazing garden boots, flipflops, or, frankly, whatever I’m wearing at the time – because let’s be honest, who can resist peeking at the garden! 🙂 (Even in rain!) But when we are talking about really, actually getting work done out there – and I mean getting dirty!!…
Are you ready for a Fall Gardening Challenge?! I feel like 3 kinds of gardeners emerge come fall. 1 – Diehard Gardeners – Squeezing every last ever-loving minute out of gardening, frost covers and all! 2 – Over It Gardeners – Rip it all out at the end of August and be done with it!…
Do you ever find yourself taking more deep breaths than normal? Feeling too busy to enjoy what really matters? Go spend 10 minutes in the garden, they say. Self-care in the garden can work wonders! A meditation garden must be the answer! Feeling stressed and too busy to spare even those 10 minutes? Then you…
Saving canna lily seeds is quick, easy and fun! The jet-black seeds are round and hard like mini marbles. These seeds also store very well! Learn how to harvest canna lily seeds if you want to try growing your own tropical perennials from seed. Lush, tropical leaves give cannas their distinctly exotic yet carefree appearance….
I’m captivated by the tropical beauty of cannas – I love how they bring an exotic ambience to the garden. But cannas can’t live outside all winter in some grow zones, like mine! Learn how to winterize cannas so you can grow them again year after year. Overwintering cannas is as simple as digging them…
Gorgeous in the garden, canna lilies produce tropical foliage accented by spikes of flowers that bloom continuously. Learn how to deadhead canna lilies to keep this tender perennial looking its best all season, and onward. Deadheading cannas is so quick and easy! Cannas grow from rhizomes that send up shoots of leaves and eventually, flower…
Growing your own basil seems to be a rite of passage for gardeners of all experience levels. If, like me, you’ve also fallen in love with basil, you simply must discover how to harvest basil seeds for next season. Harvesting basil seeds isn’t my favorite part of growing basil, but it’s necessary and worthwhile. Sometimes…
Carefree and popping with hot pink, the coral bells my mother-in-law gave us when we bought our own home keep on delivering. Learn how to propagate coral bells (Heuchera) using these two simple methods! By the way, I totally ended up writing this post because I accidentally ripped out some coral bells while weeding the…
Saving green bean seeds at the end of the season lets you enjoy your crops both in the growing season and year after year. Learn how to save bean seeds so you can always grow your favorite green bean varieties! By the way – Figuring out how to save bean seeds for planting is easy…
Do you love seeing the beautiful flowers in your garden staring back at you every day? I sure do! I especially love the ones that keep on blooming all season long, like Cosmos flowers. Try harvesting cosmos seeds so you can effortlessly grow these pretty flowers year after year! Before you learn how to harvest…