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, … Continue reading perennial seed starting update 5.20.2021
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 … Continue reading perennial seed starting 11.19.20
My garden is looking gorgeous this spring. Here are photos of just a few 😉 of the plants that I tend. Ferns: Ostrich (Matteuccia struthiopteris,) Maidenhair (Adiantum) and Japanese Painted (Athyrium niponicum) Barrenwort (Epimedium) - three types Forget-Me Not (Myosotis) Hosta and Lungwort (Pulmonaria) Columbine (Aquilegia) (Hybrids) Leaves of Peony and Japanese Red Maple (Acer … Continue reading spring garden 5.24.2018
The late-summer light brings on a change in feeling/emotion for me. Rather nostalgic, and in a good way. I always considered autumn my favorite time of year here in what we call the "midwest" of the United States. Perhaps it's because this year's weather has been unusually cool-- or perhaps it's the angle of the … Continue reading late-summer garden 8.24.2017
After the week-long ceramics workshop I attended a few weeks ago, I've visited Midwest Clay Project, the ceramics studio where I work, only a few times. May and June in Wisconsin means high gardening season for me, where weeds seem to grow faster then other plants. Â Of course, "weeds" are in the eye of the … Continue reading gardenista 6.18.2016
It's the middle of May, which means I'm completely immersed in gardening. I try to stop and it's hard to not pull another weed or plant another baby or water a dry friend. Since I haven't been creating much visual art, I like to think that in this slice of my delicious life pie, I … Continue reading Rachel as Gardener 5.20.2015
