A Year in The Garden – March
March is like a light at the end of a long tunnel here in Zone 5. Gardeners are ready to get back in the garden but it’s still ...
A Year In the Garden – February
February is a time to continue planning but also the time to do some of the prep work for growing a garden. It’s a great time to decide ...
Start Your Seeds Indoors and Get a Headstart to Your Most Successful Garden!
Finally, it’s that time of year again. Time to start some seeds for a headstart to the spring garden. Growing some plants indoors also helps get rid of the ...
A Year in the Garden – January
January 2021 in my backyard vegetable garden. A lot of snow! Not much to do outside in January but a lot to do inside. Collect all the seed ...
A Free Pack of Seeds
Seed Starting When I was about 6, the local drug store used to give away free flower seeds in the spring. I grabbed a few packs because ...
Goldenseal
Common Name: Goldenseal Latin Name: Hydrastis canadensis Annual/Perennial: Perennial Sun/Shade: Shade Height/Width: 6-24 inches Bloom Time: Root is harvested after 4-5 years, in the fall Zone: 4-7 Parts ...
Wintergreen
Common Name: Wintergreen Latin Name: Gaultheria procumbens Annual/Perennial: Perennial Sun/Shade: shade Height/Width: low growing ground cover, 8-10 inches Bloom Time: berries late fall into winter Zone: 3-7 Parts ...
Ashwaghanda
Common Name: Ashwaghanda or Winter Cherry or Withania or Indian Ginsing Latin Name: Withania somnifera Annual/Perennial: can be grown as an annual Sun/Shade: Sun, dry soil Height/Width: 3 ...
Lemon Balm
Common Name: Lemon Balm or Balm or Melissa Latin Name: Melissa officinalis Annual/Perennial: Perennial Sun/Shade: Shade to part Sun Height/Width: 2 feet Bloom Time: harvest early summer to ...
Sage
Common Name: Sage or Meadow Sage Latin Name: Salvia officinalis Annual/Perennial: Perennial, can be grown as an annual Sun/Shade: Sun Height/Width: 2-4 feet Bloom Time: Gather in June ...