I always order most of my seeds way too early. I have a scarcity mindset, I want ensure the store has what I want and not have to monitor or wait for emails when something comes back in stock. I also like being *that* gardener that has the seed nobody else has, so I can …
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Honestly, it’s been the best garden year so far. I am currently simmering yet another huge stockpot of tomato sauce. I have yet another round of cherry tomatoes drying in the hydrator to make sun dried tomatoes. But if I were to do this year over, what would I change? More broccoli raab instead of …
Cut and dry sunflower heads. Identify and allow to remain on the plant seed corn Weed fence-line, scatter parsnip seeds for next year in select garden Hunt for standing water and eliminate unless dragonfly larvae confirmed. Cut plants along fence-line that cross property lines Last fertilization for winter squash to encourage blooms, as all fruitset …
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My experience purchasing and growing Hollyhill Orange Ice and Belle Of Barmera dahlias. Neither bloomed in 2019, both bloomed in 2020. Zone 5.
Images and growing notes for the Wyn’s Sonata growing in Zone 5.
This dahlia, Midnight Moon, was one of the first dahlias to bloom and was the last to bloom before frost, a full season show. It was the only dahlia that survived at least five nights below 32 degrees. The plant is very prolific, many blooms.
Images and growth notes for the Spartacus dahlia.
photo Credit CElisabeth@8thdeadlysin.org I’ve been doing this thing where I have to be one of the first people to order seeds once I receive my Whole Seeds catalog in the mail from Bakers Creek. I spend the previous garden season circling what I like in the catalog and reading review left by other astute gardeners …