washing pots for seed starting

January 11, 2021

I have a collection of old pots that I reuse again and again for seed planting. It is important to wash and disinfect them well to avoid diseases that can kill seedlings. I washed a big stack of 128-cell seed trays the other day. This should be all of the…

Skippy’s calendar app is out

July 6, 2020

Starting Seeds

Woohoo! My completely updated vegetable seed planting calendar app is now available. Just in time for Fall Planting. Let me know how you like it! Leave a comment here or at the store. At the Apple App Store the app is here: Skippy’s App for iOS. For GooglePlay, use this…

out with the cabbages, in with the tomatoes

April 22, 2020

Food Pantry Garden, Hoop House, Starting Seeds

My little unheated hoop house is working out very well this year. On Sunday I brought all my tomato, pepper and basil plants down to the hoop house. Since it was full to the brim with onions, brassicas and greens, I moved all of these out to the garden. They…

Aurelia’s Garden – our new donation garden

April 9, 2020

Food Pantry Garden, Starting Seeds

Our new donation garden has a name! Aurelia’s Garden. You can follow us on Instagram – @Aurelias.garden. And you can get to our website here: Aureliasgarden.org. We are a charitable farm, growing food for those with limited access to fresh, locally grown produce. We will be gardening on a…

my new project – helping to start up a Donation Garden

March 27, 2020

Food Pantry Garden, Starting Seeds

I’ve gotten together with a group of gardener friends who have free time since we can’t do much of anything now. There likely won’t be any food shortages due to the corona virus, but there is always a need for fresh vegetables. We have found a nice piece of land…

water droplets in mid air

March 15, 2020

Starting Seeds

seedlings in my hoop house

March 15, 2020

Hoop House, Starting Seeds

I planted lots of Brassicaceae (cabbage-family) seeds a week ago. They are all cute little sprouts now. They are down in my hoop house with onion, beet, parsley, spinach, and lettuce seedlings. It’s cool, in the 40’s (F), outside today but bright sunshine. The hoop house is at 80F. My…

vegetables that grow fast

March 14, 2020

Starting Seeds

It’s a tough time. I’m in eastern Massachusetts, where we have many cases of new coronovirus and we know it’s going to get much worse. My husband and I are staying at home. There are empty store shelves here. Most people are staying at home. I looked up what I…

sowing peppers, eggplants, and marigolds

March 13, 2020

Starting Seeds

I am up late tonight planting. I put in three trays of seeds. 20 6-pks, 30 varieties. It feels so nice to put tiny seeds in a cushion of moist soil and nutrients and think about how they will look mid summer. The peppers need 80F warmth to germinate…

the first seedlings in my hoop house

March 11, 2020

Hoop House, Starting Seeds

I moved several trays of seedlings to my hoop house on Monday. This morning they are looking really happy. Having plants in there has made the air nice and humid. I can feel it when I walk in. It’s wonderful. No need to have my heat mats on yet as…

washing pots for seed starting

Skippy’s calendar app is out

out with the cabbages, in with the tomatoes

Aurelia’s Garden – our new donation garden

my new project – helping to start up a Donation Garden

water droplets in mid air

seedlings in my hoop house

vegetables that grow fast

sowing peppers, eggplants, and marigolds

the first seedlings in my hoop house

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