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This Vibrant Joy bok choy was started in 1 1/2" soil blocks in late August, and planted out close to the house in September. We...

When and if it ever stops raining all of these cute little 1 1/2" blocks of lettuce will get planted out in the garden. Frilly 'Green...

A milk jug could perhaps work-- but I kind of like to keep the roots of each plant separate, to make for easy transplanting. One year I...

I once planted waaaay too many basil seeds in spring and then had no room for them all in the garden. So I went around to every potted...

I have had stock tanks that have leaked after many years of use. I used what is called ‘wet epoxy putty’ to weld the leak closed. It...

My mom had a huge garden back when my kids were little and she grew several rows of raspberries. When we went to visit her we would go...

It was a fantastic mail day, so many seed parcels arrived! :D The devil's claw (martynia) seeds came in! That's been on a wish list...

That's a gorgeous bean. I looked up ortza, and it translates from the Basque as 'rainbow'. Maybe they get lots of rainbows in the...

An amaryllis gifted to me for Christmas from Sweet Miss Daisy. <3

Nothing but rain in the forecast for the next two weeks. Trading in my trowel for a snorkel. ☔

Good article. I just restocked my marigold seeds yesterday, and I have seed for everything in this article except anis hyssop. I think...

I can't quite bring myself to refer to them as "bad" without implying some sort of morality on garden plants. Perhaps, given most of our...

There were big jars of raspberries and blueberries tucked in the back of the freezer, so yesterday I pulled them out and made a yummy...

as a public service notice about Red Ryder that i purchased back in 2011-2012 from Vermont Bean Company - if you try to find it by...

Some bean mail today from Artorious. So his package went through the USDA inspection routine and was forwarded to me. Artorious thought...