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…
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…
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…
How to Harvest & Save Marigold Seeds
Learn how to collect and store seeds from marigold flowers! (Never buy marigold seeds again!) In this article, you’ll learn how to collect and store seeds from marigolds (Tagetes spp.) that may be growing in your garden. Be sure not…
How to Grow Petunias from Seed
Learn how to grow your own garden petunia flowers from seed! An old garden classic, petunias are one of the most popular garden flowers out there – and for good reason! These lovely flowers have simple needs and few wants,…
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…
Harvesting & Storing Homegrown Potatoes
Learn when and how to harvest both new potatoes and storage potatoes, plus how to store them for a longer shelf life! You’ve sprouted your potatoes, planted them in the ground, hilled them up, and now they’re growing- but how…
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…
How to Chit Potatoes for Planting
Learn how to “chit” or sprout seed potatoes, to give them a good start in your home garden! It’s your first time trying to grow a potato patch, and you’ve got your sack of seed potatoes! The ground’s thawed out…