Save Seeds from Your Flowers

Save Seeds from Your Flowers

Why do we save seeds from our flowers?  Well, first and most obvious, saving our own seeds saves us money.  We save seeds from dozens of different flowers.  Multiply those dozens by the $4 or $5 cost for a packet of seeds and it adds up.  The seeds we save ourselves...
Cut Flower Garden Tips

Cut Flower Garden Tips

It’s the height of summer and a good time to talk about some practical cut flower garden tips.  If you’re new or have struggled to grow healthy flowers, these tips might help you turn that around.  We’re dishing today on the things we’ve...
How to Plant Dahlias

How to Plant Dahlias

Want to know how to plant dahlias and grow these beauties in your garden this year?  Chances are you’ve come across a gorgeous picture of dahlias on Instagram and inadvertently fallen down the dahlia rabbit hole.  We totally get it.  We did that, bought a...
How to Grow Foxglove from Seed

How to Grow Foxglove from Seed

Let’s talk about how to grow foxglove from seed.  Foxgloves have a bit of a rap for being hard to grow, but I don’t think they’re actually that finicky.  You just need to know a few things before attempting to grow these beauties.  They’re...
When to Start Seeds Indoors

When to Start Seeds Indoors

When should I start seeds indoors for my cut flower garden (or any garden, for that matter)? The answer depends a lot on your climate, when you want flowers, and on the seeds themselves. No one likes vague answers, so we’re going to get right to it. In this post...
Neem Oil Bug Spray

Neem Oil Bug Spray

Neem Oil & Essential Oil Bug Spray For Your Cut Flower Garden We’re big fans of neem oil, as a bug spray, around here.  If you’ve ever found a dahlia chewed through by an earwig or had your zinnias crumple into a powdery mildew mess come August, you...