perennial seed starting update 5.20.2021

Last fall, I collected seeds from and started several types of perennials. The containers of planted seeds stayed outside all winter, and I opened the tops of the containers when the weather got warm enough this spring. The containers sat all winter in one of my raised garden beds. This photo was taken March 1, …

Lilies 2020 7.16.2020

Here are photos of the glorious lilies that bloomed in my garden this year.

starting seeds 3.21.2019

I started seeds this week. The last frost date where I live, in Madison, Wisconsin, is around the first week of May. So I have about 7 weeks until then to get my plant babies grown large enough to transplant into my garden outside. All the seeds I'm starting in advance are flowers. The red …