Month: March 2022

Today I’m creating “hummingbird way” in the new hydrangea room! Many thanks to Plow and Hearth for generously sending me three of their lovely Hummingbird Arches that come with optional gates. You can find the garden arbors here – https://www.plowhearth.com/en/collections/eligible-for-promotions/metal-arched-hummingbird-garden-arbor/p/56394 Please leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway for 15 Casa Blanca lily
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We’re off to Minnesota to visit a garden that, on Instagram, has the username “Beertayda,” which means “my garden” in Somali. Today’s contributor, like so many of us, says that her garden has helped her cope with the long COVID-19 restrictions and working from home. In the short growing season in Minnesota, starting seedlings indoors
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Now is the time to get your garden ready for fall, and instead of dreading the task, think about the glorious spring blooms to be had. Garden centres are supplied with spring-flowering bulbs of daffodils, hyacinths, narcissus, tulips,and crocus, but let’s not stop there. Unusual bulbs that can brighten any area of the garden can
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Hang out with me LIVE for a March garden to to list – for any climate! BOGO sale: Buy one seed collection, get one at equal or lesser value 1/2 off with code “calikimthinkspring” at https://calikimgardenandhome.com (ends 3/14/22). Gardening Coast2Coast podcast with CaliKim and Gary (The Rusted Garden): https://gardeningcoast2coast.net BOOKS Pre-order my new book: The
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Narrow strap-shaped green leaves grow basally, appearing mid to late winter prior to flowers. Small, bell-shaped, blue to purple flowers are arranged tightly along a raceme, appearing a bit like a bunch of grapes. Some varieties have white flowers. Excellent underplanting for other bulbs, especially tulips. Blue flowers team well with ‘Apricot Beauty’ Tulips. Google
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Garden writer Susan Mulvihill shares the vegetable varieties she’ll be growing this year and a new product that she’ll be trying in the garden. From Susan’s in the Garden, SusansintheGarden.com. Susan also mentioned these videos: How to Grow Artichokes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL9RwP-ruvs Grow Gutter Peas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCf51pinA0Q Make Pickled Onions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3zM2mTyUNM Link to Susan’s Garden – 2022: https://www.susansinthegarden.com/guides/susans-garden-2022/
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EPCOT’s International Flower & Garden Festival 2022 has opened and I’m bringing you along for a full tour of the park and the World Showcase on opening day for food, flowers, topiaries, special displays, new festival merchandise and so much more! We try some colorful festival foods, discovering some favorites like rose bubble tea, tasty
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Seed sowing Many garden plants are propagated from seed and good germination is encouraged by providing the seeds with the best conditions. Moisture and air must be present in the propagating medium (whether soil or a special compost) and the temperatures must be suitable. Very high temperatures are seldom necessary. Most garden and greenhouse sown
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Today we’re in Jayne Spaulding’s garden, looking forward to spring. This is my Zone 5 garden in spring, my favorite season. In New Hampshire, spring is short-lived, muddy, windy, and cold, but it is welcome nonetheless. I’ve been a Master Gardener for over 20 years and owned a garden design business for 13 years. It’s
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The first thing you should know about daffodils is that it’s smart to choose the ones you want while they’re still in bloom in the spring. If you miss the boat this spring, your best bet is to read carefully the descriptions in next fall’s seed and nursery catalogs. The second thing you need to
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As we head into early spring weather and our perennial, ornamental grasses start to show new growth, this is the ideal time to divide these plants. Division of grasses, and most perennials, is done for the primary reason of keeping the original plant healthy, strong, and vibrant. Older grasses dedicate active growth to the outer
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As seeds are sprouting and the land awakens, the time is perfect to get the Vegetable Garden ready for sowing and planting…but that’s not all! As a Celtic Pagan, author and tree planter, living the Old Ways, Colette O’Neill is immersed in exploring and documenting her journey with Mother Earth, over 18 years at Bealtaine
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#SpringFloweringPerennials #SpringGardening #SpringPlants Thank you for joining House Talks today, in today’s episode we will see what are the best flowering plants that blooms in Early Spring. Planting flower bulbs needs planning, early winter is the best time to plant the bulbs in the ground or container to get colorful spring blooms, if you have
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