In The Garden (Page 3)

Every year, right after Valentine’s Day, I start to see beautiful displays of colorful Primroses in every grocery store I walk into.  It’s so tempting to snatch up one of each color and line my kitchen window sill with all of them.  I was able to hold myself back this year after learning a little more about them.  I would always buy at least two and they would be beautiful for a week or so, but soon the leaves start turning yellow, the blooms turn brown and fall off, soon they end up thrown out.  It turns out Primroses aren’t really meant to be houseplants…who knew?!?  They are actuallyRead More →

Spring is still eluding us in the Pacific Northwest, teasing us with a few hours of sunshine and blue skies that rapidly change to more snow.  Since Mother Nature isn’t letting us get out in the gardens and flower beds we can give our indoor plants some attention.  A little pruning, a new pot to give roots a little more room to spread out and a shot of natural fertilizer will do wonders.  I don’t care much for a lot of chemicals so I tend to lean more towards simple, natural things that I usually have around the house anyway.  My favorite is black tea, we drinkRead More →

It’s the first of March and a little closer to Spring!  It’s time to get serious about our vegetable garden and get those cold weather seeds started.  Although some can technically be sown in the ground now, I’m not going to dig through the snow to do it.  I’ll be starting my seeds indoors instead.  Since we have a small family of three and two of them are not big veggie eaters I spread out starting my seeds over several weeks, only doing a few at a time.  Spinach, lettuces, peas, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, beets, cucumbers, melons, tomatoes, peppers and onions can all be startedRead More →