Let the Countdown Begin!

It’s official, there’s only 112 days left until May 21st! What’s the big deal about May 21st? Oh, nothing much, except that it’s the estimated date of the last spring frost in my gardening zone! The weather outside has been more than frightful, with wind chill temperatures between 40 and 50 degrees below zero. I pretty much feel like I’m living in the Arctic Circle right now. But on the bright side, it’s supposed to be a balmy 25 degrees…

End of Summer Review

I would like to give all of you a summary of everything I’ve learned during my last 4 months of gardening adventures. My containers of annuals are gone by now, and since we’ve been seeing 40-50 degree days for the past few weeks, I am finally convinced that the cold season is here. In May, I posted when I got a lot of my plants; all of them made it through the entire summer. After 3 months with these plants,…

Life is Good.

I am tired, smelly, and bug bitten- and I couldn’t be happier! Even though this weekend was a complete washout, my mom and I still managed to seek refuge under the deck to get all of our planting done. We completely underestimated the number of plants that we had, so each of us ended up with about 5 more containers than we originally planned on (which is fine with me).  We went to the greenhouse on Saturday and Sunday, just…

Plant Weekend

This weekend was finally warm (over 50 degrees), but rainy. The boyfriend was out of town, and I had all day Saturday to myself. So I took the opportunity to jump in and get my hands dirty! Here’s what I did: I transplanted all of my Impatiens seedlings into larger plastic containers. They were getting too tall for my flats, and the root systems were growing together. It was definitely time to move them to bigger containers. They all seem…

Summer Plans?

I have been patiently waiting for some of my planted seeds to start sprouting, and they just can’t grow fast enough for me. Until then I figured it would be a good idea to go over gardening preparation, since that is the stage that most of us are at right now. The best thing to do when you start thinking about your summer garden is to make or draw out a plan. Do you only want flowers, or would you…