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Geranium Flowers In The Garden [Photography]
Matilija Poppy Along The LA River in Frogtown [Photography]
California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) #flowers #plants #garden #gardenersnotebook #nature #outdoors via Instagram [Photo]
Azalea 2023, Sherman Oaks, California [Photography]
In the garden: Clytostoma callistegioides, Los Angeles, California [Photography]
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In the garden: Rosa ’Bewitched’, Los Angeles, California [Photography]
Lady Banks Rose In The Garden [Photography]
Barrel Cactus at Sunnylands, Rancho Mirage, California [Photography]
Large Scale Container Garden with Galvanized Tanks in the Neighborhood
Paperwhites, Sherman Oaks, California [Photography]
Plant These Quick-Sprouting Seeds for a Fast Garden
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When starting a garden, you have two choices: planting seeds or seedlings (and other transplants). Those looking to have a close-to-instant garden will likely want to begin with already-sprouted plants. But if you decide to go the seed route, you may want to pick seeds that will produce at least something green as soon as possible.
In an article for Well + Good, writer Francesca Krempa spoke with Allison Vallin, an organic gardener from Maine, to find out which seeds sprout the fastest. Here’s what to know.
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@douglaswelch Harvesting Parsley To Dry ##food ##herbs ##parsely ##garden ##gardening
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A Prickly “Pair” #cactus #succulent #plants #garden via Instagram [Photo]
Vintage Botanical Prints – 51 in a series – Seven plants, including three orchids and a gesneria: flowering stems and floral segments.(c. 1837)
Pomegranate in the garden via Instagram
New growth in the raised beds via TikTok [Video]
White Camellia Flower Closeup via Instagram
@douglaswelch Society ##Garlic in the ##Garden ##flowers ##plants ##edible ##nature ##outdoors ##gardening ##inthegarden ##agardenersnotebook
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@douglaswelch Raised bed update from A Gardener’s Notebook for March 12, 2021 ##garden ##nature ##outdoors ##plants ##food ##raisedbed ##outdoors ##gardening ##gardener
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@douglaswelch Lavender in macro ##macro ##slomo ##closeup ##flowers ##plants ##nature ##outdoors
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Historical Seed Catalogs – 98 in a series – General catalogue for William Elliott & Sons (1912)
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Dazzling Dahlias – 24 in a series – Dahlia et ornements via florabilis on Instagram
Pansies on the street, Denver, Colorado via My Instagram
Artwork from Our Sentimental Garden (1914) – 11 in a series
Artwork from Our Sentimental Garden (1914) – 4 in a series – Concerning the Pekingese
A Humble Geranium via Instagram
Most gardeners accumulate a cornucopia of partially used seed packets. After all, who’s going to plant 500 lettuce seeds? After a few years, the germination rate drops significantly after the expiration date and you end up buying new packets. A “chaos garden” is the lazy person’s way to use up those old seeds that may or may not still be viable.
An interesting link found among my daily reading
