Spring is Just Around The Corner

I’m crossing my fingers that whatever I sowed will survive until it’s time to plant out.  The 4 o’clocks are big already.  When I say big, I mean they needed transplanting in their own little pots.  I am just now starting to save the single serving yogurt cups.  Duh!  They make perfect little pots for [...]

Happy Times

Let me tell you what happened the other day.  I walked outside and on the back porch were several stacked flower trays.  On the top tray lay, neatly packed, seedling pots – lots of them.  I thought Charlie had found them while clearing the lower garden but when asked he said he thought I’d found them.  Besides, [...]

Propagating Geraniums

Last July I bought a couple of geranium plants at the local supermarket.  I planted them by the front porch.  When autumn came, I remembered something my mother had done every autumn.  She’d pull out the geraniums by the root, shake off the dirt and hang them upside down on a rigged-up line in the [...]