perennial seed starting 11.19.20

I've collected perennial seeds in the past and started them in small pots, but after I watched this video about seed starting, created by the park staff where I live in Dane County, Wisconsin, I decided to "go bigger!" Perennial seeds in the midwest need a cold period to germinate, so they have to spend …

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 …

late-summer garden 9.27.2018