Satisfaction Starting Plants: yarrow, feverfew, nightshade, foxglove & more

I love growing plants from seed, especially when it’s successful.:) This year is working out pretty well along those lines. While it’s true that a number of seeds that needed cold stratification did not do well when transplanted into soil, others that I started directly in peat pellets or that needed warmth to germinate are [...]

Work Done This Weekend: chamomiles, angelica, solomon’s seal and more

It was forecast to be unseasonably hot Saturday, 85F/30C, and indeed, it got there. I had planned to do a bunch of garden work, like raking up the beds again after tilling, but the sun was too intense. Instead, I put stuff in the ground–three chamomiles, an angelica, a variegated Solomon’s seal (one day later [...]