Category: Winter Gardening
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Sprouting Made Simple: Grow Fresh, Nutritious Greens at Home
Sprouts are a nutritional powerhouse, easy to grow at home, and cost-effective. They offer more safety and control than store-bought options and have minimal environmental impact. With a variety of types and easy growing methods, sprouts can enhance dishes like salads, tacos, and smoothies. Growing sprouts is an affordable, eco-friendly, and versatile way to enjoy…
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Creative Origami Seed Packet Ideas for Seed Swaps and Holiday Gifts
Saving seeds is a cherished practice that can save money and create personalized gifts. Various origami seed packet designs are shared, each with unique benefits. The rectangular packet provides secure storage but may not accommodate larger seeds. The rectangular packet with a tab offers decorative flair but is less secure. The trapezoid packet is easy…
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Seed Swap Events: Increase Your Home Seed Library & Expand Your Garden
National Seed Swap Day, typically celebrated on the last Saturday of January, provides gardeners with the opportunity to exchange seeds, cuttings, and plants. These events offer a chance to acquire a diverse range of seeds, including local varieties better suited to the area. Seed swaps also facilitate social interaction, learning opportunities, and the acquisition of…
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Gardening Outside in Winter: Extend Your Garden Season From Months to All Year Round
Many believe winter gardening is impossible, but a data analyst’s outdoor experiment proved otherwise. Hardy plants like turnips and kale thrive in winter. Late summer is ideal for planting, and plants can withstand temps as low as 35°F. Protection from wind and sufficient sunlight are key, and a winter garden yields an early spring harvest.
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Season’s Greenings at the United States Botanic Garden: A Site Visit
Light shows and exhibitions abound all around the world during the winter holiday season. While the cold keeps gardens growing their slowest (or not at all), it’s odd to think of visiting botanical gardens during this time of year. However, not all botanical gardens go into winter hibernation. During the winter holiday, the US Botanic…
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Removing Rust From Your Garden Tools
There’s a lot of confusion about the best home remedies to remove rust. Some of which are outright lies. And there’s a lot of products on the market made specifically to remove rust. Some of which can get quite expensive. So I wanted to do a little experiment on the home remedy side of things.
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How to Make a Frost Cover with Clothes Hanger Hoops
With the reduction in daylight hours, it’s getting colder out there, but my gardening season isn’t done yet. This winter, we’re performing a garden experiment that involves continuing the growing season through the winter months. As part of that experiment, we need to protect our plants from the coming frost, and possibility of snow. Frost…
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Overwintering: Extend the Garden Season by Bringing Your Plants Indoors
Overwintering is the process of manually maintaining temperature and light for your plants so to sustain a slow level of growth even in the plant’s usual period of dormancy. This can be done indoors during winter while the outdoor garden slumbers. If you plan to overwinter plants, bringing them indoors for the winter, you need…
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Persephone Period and What It Means For Your Garden
When it comes to planning and managing your garden, you need to take seasonal light levels into account. Plants not only need sunlight for photosynthesis, but they also need the heat generated by the sun’s rays. While gardeners tend to think in terms of Spring, Summer, and Autumn, it is worthwhile to take sunlight levels…