This should be a warning for me next time we have warm spring weather, and I’m tempted to plant tender things outside before their time: The KSL weather guy is calling it “weather whiplash” and it is surprising how cold it has gotten after last week’s heat! We had temps in the high 60s and […]
Our baby boy was born on April 6th. What a blessing! This photo is so cute, even though it has those medical devices attached to him. He’s OK, but he needed a little monitoring at first because of low blood sugar.
I have a few plants I dug up from my mother-in-law’s home before she sold it. I’m going to post a message in the GardenWeb perennials forum to see if people can identify them for me. I think this one is creeping thyme or Thymus serpyllum, but I’m not 100% sure. Update: the word from […]
Hey, I forgot to write about this yesterday: the Japanese maple seeds I had stratifying in the fridge are beginning to sprout now! I took them out of the refrigerator about a week ago, and I put some in the little six packs in my seed trays with a lid over them. I left a […]
I got a response about good sunflowers to grow from someone on GardenWeb who grows a lot of cutting flowers. Here’s what he said: Autumn Beauty mix from Johnny’s has been our mainstay for years. I also plant Jokers and maybe 1 or 2 for fun each season. And, also Sunbrights – which are our […]
I found a reference to this interesting article by the Minnesota extension service. It shows how long vegetable seeds take to germinate at various soil temperatures. It helps illustrate which veggies are cold hardy, too.