Garden Tip: Saving seeds
by Leslie Cox; Monday; August 24, 2020
Start collecting seeds you want to save for next year. Make sure the plants you are collecting seeds from are open-pollinated.
F1, or hybrid plants are bred from two different parents to produce a unique “offspring”. Seeds from these F1 offspring will not grow true, but will revert back to one or other of the parents.
Seeds from open-pollinated plants, on the other hand, will grow to be true replicas of the plants they were collected from.
Garden Tip: Keep the flowers coming
by Leslie Cox; Monday; August 17, 2020
Keep your annuals and perennials blooming longer by removing all of the dead flowers.
Garden Tip: Keep an eye on your plants
by Leslie Cox; Monday; August 10, 2020
Keep a close watch on your plants to make sure that they do not dry out—especially raised gardens. Let the soil surface dry an inch or so deep before watering. After watering, make sure the water has reached roots several inches deep.
Garden Tip: Time to harvest medicinal herbs
by Leslie Cox; Monday; August 3, 2020
This is a good day to harvest medicinal plants and herbs during the August Full Moon.
I have oregano, thyme, marjoram, lemon balm and sage to harvest.
Garden Tip: Over-watering vs. Under-watering
by Leslie Cox; Monday; July 27, 2020
Over-watering your pots and garden is worse than under-watering them. It is much easier to revive a dry plant than it is to dry out drowned roots. Unless, of course, you have ignored your watering chore for too long.
