The crisp air, the slow fade of summer flowers, and the delicious anticipation of cooler-weather crops – is there anything ...
Purchase high-quality spring bulbs of tulips, hyacinths, crocus, daffodils or grape hyacinths and others by late November and ...
To get a 5% solution using a 40% distilled spirit (gin, vodka, whiskey, rum, tequila — do not use beer or wine), you add one ...
If you can work the soil in January, then you can plant potatoes. They require well-draining, loose soil, lots of sunlight, ...
As winter sets in and the UK braces for a cold spell, many gardeners are left wondering what they can plant at this time of ...
Iris reticulata (or dwarf irises) are also some of the earliest flowers to open up in Spring - as early as February - and are ...
If you are a seed saver, you are likely wondering about those seeds in your winter stash. Unless you know the varieties you ...
Fresh flowers on your table in January can really warm your heart. Forcing some bulbs indoors may do the trick! You can get tulips, hyacinths, paperwhites, daffodils and more to ...
This demonstrates how a tulip bulb was chilled in a pot and grown to flowering. Tulip bulbs required to be chilled for at least 12 weeks to germinate properly. For simulating it, we buried the bulb ...
You never think it’s fall until it is. The golden season came upon Santa Fe suddenly, the aspen quivering in the high country, burning red and gold and then dwindling, ...
Flowering Narcissus (daffodils) hyacinths, which are sweetly scented. Crocus, irises and my own favourite tulips which are one of the easiest and best value to grow in you garden. Tulips are very ...
We want flowers blooming when we want them. It may not be when they naturally bloom. The term used is forcing. Many plants are persuaded to bloom earlier than they ...