RUTH KASSINGER – BOOK GIVEAWAY March 31, 2014 RUTH KASSINGER’S NEWEST BOOK A GARDEN OF MARVELS – CURRENTLY ON MY BED TABLE, AND HERE, IN THE GREENHOUSE ON A RAINY DAY. It’s… Continue Reading
8 GREAT PLANTS FOR CONTAINERS, AND A WINNER! March 30, 2014 I am thinking about adding weekly or biweekly ( really? You all know that it might end of being more like bimonthly!) infographics, just… Continue Reading
GROW A VELTHEIMIA – AND A BEST BULB GIVEAWAY EVER! March 24, 2014 Veltheimia ‘Yellow Flame’ giveaway – win a division of this very plant that will bloom next winter in your house! A few of you… Continue Reading
IT’S SPRING, AT LEAST UNDER GLASS March 23, 2014 Although winter prevails outdoors, under glass, there seems to be no holding back spring. This Primula x Kewensis selection is a very nice one… Continue Reading
Revisiting, Revising and Editing Those Lists March 12, 2014 I need to audit my tomato collection. It’s time to balance our how many heirlooms to grow, and how many hybrids. Am I the… Continue Reading
Building a Community Garden with Troy Bilt March 11, 2014 As I mentioned in my last post, Troy-Bilt invited 6 of us bloggers, known as the Saturday6 to help Troy-Bilt construct a community garden… Continue Reading
Vizcaya Palace: Connections and Crossroads March 10, 2014 A limestone urn with a brilliant, giant bromeliad, Aechema blanchetiana, of which there are many named varieties, each grown for it ability to develop… Continue Reading
PRIMROSE THERAPY FOR WINTER WINDOWS March 6, 2014 A hybrid Japanese selection of Primula malacoides with wider petals and a more colorul eye. This strain from Sakata Seed, is more floriferous than… Continue Reading
MY 5 SEED GERMINATION TIPS March 3, 2014 Even though I am still ordering seeds, I am beginning to sow some that need an early start. At this point in the process,… Continue Reading