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Saturday I finally finished weeding my wildflower garden and distributed seeds. I started with a triangular stretch where I planted small garlic cloves and garlic seeds that I collected while harvesting. Then I had this applesauce container full of old packets of flower and herb seeds that I...

Better than me!!! I have been prepping garden beds for 2024 ALL GARDEN SEASON!! To my defense, I have had a healing r knee and threw my back out carrying my old dog, Pyg up and down the stairs for a month before she went to meet her maker. Your corn is just something you will mull over this...

WARNING: Don't buy bareroot UNLESS you plan to devote 1/2 of the same day it is shipped getting it into the ground. I have ordered bareroot twice, and twice I have lost trees. THIS year I ordered two peach trees. One died quick, the other came back. It is in a large pot, awaiting next week...

Probably dead. So is one/two of my Mortmorency Tart Cherry Trees. Dunno why, maybe I planted it too deep, but it will be coming down this Fall/Winter. Mine only partially leafed out, while the other one, one year younger, produces so much fruit I can't keep up with it. Pollination seems to...

They carry rare seeds, including tobacco.

Sponsored by Victory Seed Company The Victory Seed Company is family owned and operated, working to help fellow gardeners succeed by selling popular vegetable, herb and flower seeds. Since the 1990s they have been heavily involved with the preservation of rare, open-pollinated, heirloom seeds...

Frost Dates: First and last frost dates for MY TOWN, Illinois How to read these charts for the fall As your growing season comes to an end, the nightly temperatures for my town, Illinois start to go down, and therefore every day that goes by increases the chance that you'll get frost. Your risk...

ALMOST a frost Sunday morning, not quite and not looking like one through end of next week either. :weee We have had snow on October 12th before, btw.

Weather for my party!! Sat 07 Partly Cloudy 59°/38° 5% NW 15 mph Sat 07 | Day 59° 5% NW15 mph Partly cloudy. High 59F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph. Humidity57% UV Index5 of 11 Sunrise6:54 am Sunset6:25 pm Sat 07 | Night 38° 4% NW8 mph Clear skies. Low 38F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph...

Coffee with yogurt and a to-do list as long as my arm.

PBJ's bc peanut butter lasts as long as...potatoes.

I used aloe sunburn/other gel to treat the sting, so the swelling/pain went down right away. I still have the scab. NOT gonna share house space with any stinging insect!

Sometimes people forgot that blessing others includes your family. My mother competed with me and never understood this. You NEVER ridicule family in front of strangers, and you don't make fun of family for the sake of humor. If they are injured by your words, don't do that. Words are VERY...

@Finnie , I used a box that had contained reams of paper to store some cheap potatoes last year that I had bought for Thanksgiving, 2022. They were sprouting in my basement pantry through August, and I finally got Some in the ground, where they are growing. You can SEE the confidence that the...

Suzie, I don't know your zone or general location. If you could, Please add this to your avatar or signature. As you see, @Finnie is located: Indiana, zone 5b Can't help you with any questions if we don't know!

Just shows I need to read up more about growing them.

https://modernfarmer.com/2023/09/enhanced-rock-weathering/?utm_source=modernfarmer.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=why-farmers-are-pouring-rocks-onto-their-fields

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/sunflower/planting-late-season-sunflowers.htm

Make it a houseplant until next spring! I lost all of my mums on the front walkway. These only live ~3 years anyway. I bought 3 at WM, $1,50/each but all too thinly rooted to transplant NOW. I did up pot them all. They are decorating the south side of the house right now, but I will bring them...

DD's said to look for the rabbit on the face of the moon.... I saw no such rabbit, only pockmarks.