Category: gardening
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Sowing Tomatoes and Peppers Indoors: My Spring Gardening Journey
On March 22, I sowed tomato, hot pepper, and basil seeds indoors. It was still below freezing and snowy outside and I needed some Spring in my life. I was a few weeks early since I can’t transplant outdoors until the end of May. Our last frost date is around May 16. Memorial Day weekend…
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Northern Michigan Gardening: Embracing Spring’s Arrival
It Starts in Autumn On a sunny, warm autumn day, when the leaves were just past peak, I spent an afternoon planting spring bulbs. I planted 100 snowdrop bulbs in groups of 5 in the front shade garden close to the house. I also naturalized bulbs in the back lawn. I naturalized a mixture of…
