How to Harvest Sunflower Seeds

How to Harvest Sunflower Seeds

Learn how to harvest sunflower seeds from your garden, plus how to save them for snacking, birdseed, or replanting in next year’s garden! When to Harvest Unlike many flowers, you don’t want your sunflower blooms to dry all the way up before collecting your seeds. Brown, dead, dry sunflowers have likely either dropped all their…

How to Grow Sunflowers from Seed

How to Grow Sunflowers from Seed

Learn how to plant, grow, and care for sunflowers in your garden! These cheerful flowers attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators to your garden, plus provide a food source for birds, small mammals, and humans too! Growing Sunflowers At a Glance: Here’s a quick reference list about growing sunflowers. More details can be found in…

How to Save Calendula Seeds

How to Save Calendula Seeds

It’s easy to save seeds from calendula flowers. Find out how to know when they’re ready & the best way to store your homegrown calendula seeds! Calendula is a wonderfully easy flower to save seeds from. If you’ve ever saved marigold seeds, it’s not any more difficult than that! However, note that calendula (Calendula officinalis)…

How to Grow Ageratum from Seed

How to Grow Ageratum from Seed

Ageratum, also known as flossflower, bluemink, and Mexican paintbrush, is an easy-to-grow, old fashioned favorite in cottage gardens and flowerbeds. Fluffy flowers in shades of blue, lavender, or white stand out in lovely contrast against the rich green foliage. Well loved by pollinators as well as people, this quick-to-bloom annual isn’t only beautiful in the…

How to Plant & Grow Potatoes

How to Plant & Grow Potatoes

Now that you’ve chitted your potatoes, they’re ready to plant and grow in your garden! There are several ways to plant potatoes, including planting them in hay bales and containers. This article focusses on planting them directly in the ground. These instructions can also be used for planting potatoes in raised beds. Preparing the Soil…

How to Grow Snapdragons from Seed

How to Grow Snapdragons from Seed

Snapdragons are a much-loved garden classic to grow! Both dwarf and tall versions of these colorful flowers make a beautiful, long-lasting floral show throughout the growing season, and are a favorite for cut flower displays. Boasting a wide range of colors to choose from, snapdragons come in both single-color and bicolored flower varieties. The blooms…