Well, in a flash spring is cracking wide open here. Our daffodils are in full bloom and I expect our Tulip Magnolia tree that is about 40 feet wide and tall to begin blooming today- a sure sign spring is really coming. The forecast is calling for nights more in the...
The power of a seed goes almost unnoticed, most everyone wants to start some, but few succeed. The mystery and hope all packed in a little seed is perplexing but powerful. The most powerful part to me: it is a miracle every time one sprouts. Once you have done it and...
Today is the beginning of our major seed starting for the warm season annuals. Bobo and Kelly will spend two days this week making soil blocks and sowing thousands of seeds with a toothpick! Our garden is well underway. The fall planted spring blooming garden is just...
This is for sure one of the most exciting times of the year, preparing to seed start. The anticipation and excitement are almost too much! For the past month, we have been gathering all the needed supplies and seeds which is pretty major for use because of the...
I cannot tell you how it feels to start seeds and succeed. Once your first baby is born you are hooked for life! Tending them each morning inside my little plant room than is warm and sunny is the perfect place to be while winter still lingers... To learn more about...
It is almost overwhelming with the many different things to do on a flower farm this time of the year. We will start our seed starting schedule next week and at the same time start making beds to receive all those babies when their time comes to be planted. A note to...
I can't explain how good it feels to be in the presence of seedlings. I heard this once said about being in the presence of cows. It is just soothing to your soul. The early morning when I go out to my grow room to water and fuss over them is the most precious...
Finally the time has arrived to begin the craziness of warm season seed starting. Which for us is about 20,000 seedlings. Because I don't have a greenhouse, I have to start in an assembly line fashion and today it all starts to unfold. I have room on my heat mats...
I can't explain how good it feels to be in the presence of seedlings. I heard this once said about being in the presence of cows. It is just soothing to your soul. To go out to my grow room in the early mornings to water and fuss over them is the most precious...
It's that time of year that a little secret surfaces that seed starters everywhere avoid all year. It comes out of the closet, or if you are storing them correctly, comes out of the refrigerator about this time of the year. Its the oodles of seeds we/me hoard and...
