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I Planted This Prickly Stranger in My Garden. It Outlived Three of My Neighbors' Rose Bushes.

The plant that asks for nothing and gives you everything. I almost passed this plant at the nursery without a second look. It sat in the corner — no flowers, no

Best Way For Pottingm Up Seedlings

Potting Up My Early Seedlings! I started my first seedlings this coming season way back in January, so by now, some of my seedlings are getting too big for their

MID MARCH GARDEN UPDATE

SEEDLING UPDTE MID-MARCH! A Mid March 2026 Update on my Seed Starting, Seed Potato, and new technique for sowing Coneflower seeds. Also, a chance to Tour the Outside

What SEEDS to plant for March?

What to SOW, for FIRST OF MARCH! Choosing the seeds to sow for the first weekend of March! Also, I am giving a quick tour of my seedling starting shelf for 2026!

Getting My OWN Sweet Potato Slips Started!

Starting Sweet Potato Slips! Sweet Potato slips are the perfect way to grow your own Sweet Potato. And, all it takes is a little time, and some Sweet Potato. The

What Seeds To Sow Next?

Sowing SEEDS! It's really getting to be THAT TIME of year! I am not doing daily gardening tasks... despite the freezing temps and snows so deep my kn ees are buried.

Making My OWN Habanero Mango Hot Sauce!

My FIRST Hot Sauce! I'll be the first to admit, how surprised I was to find myself making a HOT SAUCE! I am simply not a spicy foods kind of guy. I prefer milder

Sowing My FIRST SEEDS of 2026!

ONION Seeds are FIRST! I have grown onions for some time, now, and am finally realizing it is an easy to grow and easy to store veggie that I can use to help me

Planning my SEED STARTING Calendar!

My BEST Seed Starter Planning After sowing seeds in my basement, and living in the same area of the country for decades, I have a really good sense of when it is

There Is No SINGLE Best Way To Start Seeds. OR, Is There?

There's all kinds of advice for how BEST to start your seeds indoors. For me, after a few different trial and error attempts, I have been starting my seeds the same

I Started Winter Gardening INDOORS!

Am I crazy? It's NOVEMBER, and I am starting seeds already? That's NUTS, right? Not really, not for me. I grow my salad greens, lettuces, arugula, baby spinach,

You Can't BEET October?

Is it REALLY Bedtime? It's always a sad time of year, when I get to the end of gardening. I know it's coming, every fall, but still, I hate to see it arrive. one

Dahlia's At New England Botanic Garden

Dahlia's Dahlia's Dahlia's! We are members of the New England Botanic Garden, and have been there dozens of times... although...? Irony of ironies... Until recently,

September Is For Peppers!

Picking A Peck of Peppers, Perhaps! Early September, and I find myself picking peppers, peppers and more peppers. Bell Peppers, Sweet Banana Peppers, Habanada (all

Hurricane Erin Hits The Garden!

Hurricane Erin (sorta) Hits The Third Week of August, we had a Hurricane come up the East Coast US. Hurricane Erin had some serious winds and even worse storm and

An Early August Harvest Video

AUGUST HARVEST TIME! Finally getting really decent harvests each day, now. Here's my latest harvest video, from the beginning of August. There's a couple of Test

MYSTERY POTATO???

Everyone LOVES a Mystery! I've posted a few hundred garden videos, and at least every other video I am going on and on about "MAKE SURE YOU LABEL YOUR GARDEN!"

End of Planting and a June Garden Tour

June Garden Tour! Check out my garden in June of 2025! I am finally spending some time outdoors, after weeks of rains. 14 of 15 weekends of rains, and at least 1

End of Winter Garden Cleanup, and Potting Up!

Late Winter/Early Spring Cleanup! What do I need to do to get my gardens ready for Spring? What do I need to do for my indoor seeds starts to get ready? I am fixing

Sowing My Big Slicer Tomato

Sowing My Big Slicer and Beefsteak Tomato! For me, probably the single largest amount of seed types I sow, is tomato. I sow a dozen cherry/pear type, a half dozen