Over the past few years, I have grown calendula (Calendula officinalis) in my garden, exploring its diverse array of varieties. This season, I experimented with a particular cultivar known as ‘Pacific Beauty Mixed Colors’.…
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Celosia Pink Flamingo (Celosia argentea spicata) is a pretty spiky annual flower that grows up to 3 feet tall. It is in the Amranth family and provides blooms from summer until fall. Celosia prefers…
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In 2018, I went to an organic gardening summer conference in Massachusetts. It was perfect timing because I was at the beginning of my organic gardening journey. One session I signed up for was…
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Recently, as I was pulling seeds to plant, I thought about my journey of storing and organizing my seed collection. Over the years, I have accumulated a lot of seeds. Of course, every year…
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I love dill. The flavor, the aroma, the ferny, blue-green leaves, the umbrella-like heads of yellow flowers and finally, saving dill seeds. In addition, butterflies love dill, especially black swallowtail. Because dill attracts beneficial…
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This is the first in a series of seed saving posts that I am writing. I chose to write about saving zinnia seeds for two reasons. First, saving zinnia seeds is easy. Second, zinnias…
