Find winter gardening tips and advice to keep your garden healthy and prepared for the colder months. Learn about winterizing your plants, protecting your garden from frost, and planning for the upcoming growing season. Discover greenhouse gardening, and winter-specific tasks.
Have you considered growing gorgeous snapdragon flowers from seed in your garden? This guide walks you through the essential steps of sowing and germinating snapdragon seeds indoors, transplanting them into the garden, caring for them, and harvesting the gorgeous flowers throughout the growing season. Snapdragons (antirrhinum majus) are excellent cut flowers known for their vivid…
Have you dreamed of having a garden full of fragrant sweet pea flowers? I’ll share my tips on sowing sweet pea seeds indoors, transplanting the young plants into the garden, and caring for these beautiful blooms throughout their growing season. I have grown sweet peas in my cut flower garden for years and love them…
Are you considering growing a cut flower garden but want the process to be simple and fun? This guide will help you choose some of the easiest flowers to grow indoors from seed, giving you more time to enjoy your garden. For beginners, growing flowers from seed can be gratifying. There’s something truly amazing about…
Are you growing a cut flower garden this year? In this post, we’ll walk through the essential steps to wake up your winter garden and how to prepare a flower bed for spring planting. From assessing your garden’s condition and amending the soil to choosing the right flowers and using best practices for layout and…
Are your outdoor ferns looking old and tired? Now is the time to refresh them so they look vibrant and healthy again. This post will guide you through the best practices for cutting back outdoor evergreen ferns just in time for the new gardening season. Evergreen ferns are the focal point in the shadier areas…
Updated on 1/25/2024 Are you thinking about growing cut flowers from seed but unsure where to start? In this post, I’ll share the benefits of growing flowers from seed and basic seed-starting tips I’ve learned along the way. This is Part 1 in my series on growing a cut flower garden. Starting a cut flower…