Starting Perennial Flowers Indoors: Lupine, Foxglove, Painted Daisy, Carnations

The perennial flowers are great for gardens because they come back year after year. They grow well and need to be divided every 2 years or s...

Time to Plant Onions: Bulb Sets for the First Planting!

How exciting. You can plant your Zone 7 Garden now.  Start with onion sets. You can buy onion bulbs now at Walmart, local nurseries, home bu...

Lumens and Fluorescents and Light in Your Vegetable Grow Closet

I wanted to give you an idea about how cheap it is to buy fluorescent bulbs for your grow closet. I also have some information to keep in mi...

Play with Your Parsley and Plants

I know it sounds weird. The actual term would be to stimulate your transplants but either way you say it - it sounds odd. The truth is that ...

Rotating Seed Transplants: Rotation Saves Room!

Well I am lucky enough to have a grow closet. I am stubborn enough to grow more than it will hold. You can see I have my Thyme and Oregano i...

Dried Out Oregano and Snapdragons: No Worries!

There is no timer to tell you when to water. Sometimes I forget or miss by a day and my cells dry out. Very often the cells to the edge of t...

Sheepskin Car Seat Covers... Sure!

We are logging in driver education miles for the next six months. My daughter is doing a great job. Soon she will be driving on her own. Tha...

KNOL: What is Garden Soil PH? Alkaline or Acidic? What Does it Mean?

Transfered from Google Knols to be stored on my blog. Your garden soil has a PH value that determines whether or not the soil is on the acid...

For Sale: 1000 Seeds of Heirloom Mesculin Mix

1000 Seeds of Heirloom Mesculin Mix   You get 1000 total seeds of the following mixed greens: Red Salad Bowl Black Seeded Simpson Grand Rapi...

KNOL: How to Grow Green Beans and Other Beans: The Basics

Transfered from Google Knols to be stored on my blog. Beans are easy to grow. They are typically drought tolerant and create their own nitro...

KNOL: Planting Strawverries in a Strawberry Box (In Pictures)

Transfered from Google Knols to be stored on my blog. Strawberries are a great fruit to have in your garden. They come early and can be quit...

The Journal of a Reluctant Gardener: Prologue

I enjoy practicing writing. One day I may achieve something but today I enjoyed writing. This is a work of truth and fiction and I plan to w...

Herb Transplanting: Thyme and Oregano into Cups

Transplanting Herbs: Gary Pilarchik I was excited to transplant the Oregano and Thyme. Not because of the process but because I decided to u...

Herb Roots: Thyme, Oregano and Chives (The Root Beast)

Perennial herbs can be hardy. There is Winter hardy in that they can withstand a freeze and return. And there is growth and transplant hardy...