Dahlias: Growing Dazzling Dahlias for the Garden
Dahlias are my BBF’s. Best buds forever! These beauties come in hot by mid to late summer and finish strong. They're blooming well into the fall until hit by the first frost. I cannot get enough [...]
Annual Flowers: My Top 10 Flowers for the Garden
Annual flowers really bring color to the garden. It's time to petal to the metal and talk flowers. Every garden must have at least a few of these—even if you’re team veggie. These quick growing beauties [...]
A Beginner’s Guide to Pinching Plants
Pinching plants, the age-old technique of snipping out the center of your multi-stem, cut-and-come again herbs and flowers is epic. If you’re like me and want fuller plants, more stems, blooms and increased stem length, you [...]
How to Divide Dahlia Tubers
Dividing dahlias, ah it's one of the most wonderful times of the garden year! The most glorious things about dahlias is, they are a one-time buy. Once you found and collected these coveted flowers, you will [...]
The Gardener’s Version of a Selfie
The Garden selfie. You know you’ve crossed the threshold of obsession when your idea of a selfie is a pic of your favorite plant at the moment. Most people’s Instagram and Facebook feeds are full of [...]
Healthy Soil and the Top 3 Myths
When most gardeners think about their garden, they picture big beautiful blooms or perfectly ripe tomatoes...I think about what's underneath: Dirt. I would bottle that scent and wear it if I could! Soil Testing But first things first, test [...]
How to Grow Sweet Peas
Love sowing, growing (pinching), and harvesting sweet peas? Me too! Read on to find out why the mighty sweet pea is one of my favorite flowers to grow. Favorites My mom always said she didn't play [...]
My Dinner Plate Dahlias
This year I'm trying to reign-in my dinner plate dahlia obsession. I always have this fantasy of rows upon rows of dahlias. But space is a hot commodity for me on my little farm, so let's just assume that I'll be [...]
My Top Ten Flowers to Grow
Even though professionally I'm an herb grower, you can still find lots flowers tucked in and around the farm. I have this Top 10 Annual Flowers that I need to grow rolling around in my head. Every [...]
Hellebores are here!
There are not many plants that thrive in the winter, but Hellebores are one of them! I love hellebores so much I cannot get enough of them. In fact, last year I started my very own [...]