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Yesterday I planted my tomato seeds {11 different varieties} and thought I would share some pictures today of how I use grow lights to help my plants along. Even though I’ve done some winter gardening this year, starting my tomato seeds is like the kick-off to the gardening season. Even when it’s nasty outside, the Read More >>
Do you have a dog? Do they help you in the garden? Do they think it’s their job to sample everything you harvest? Well, Lucy the puggle dog sure does. I simply cannot set foot outside without her being 1 step behind me. Yesterday, I harvested a few leaves of lettuce from the greenhouse. And Read More >>
My friend Heather recently sent me a link to this cute little girl and her experiment with getting grocery store potatoes to sprout. I knew that is was best to use seed potatoes because grocery store potatoes were treated, but I didn’t know exactly what they treated them with {Bud Nip}. Bud Nip is a Read More >>
I was going though my photos from the Northwest Flower and Garden show this morning and there were a few more I wanted to share with you. For most of us the weather is still pretty dreary and looking at pictures of flowers and garden scapes gives us all a little hope that sping is Read More >>
One Hundred Dollars a Month reader Claudine recently sent me an email with a question about getting started with gardening, she wrote, Hi Mavis, do you have a blog post on how to start a garden for the first time? I have a new yard (with grass) but plenty of room and is like to grow Read More >>
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