Chicken Lady's Great Adventures

My rose-scented geraniums are doing very well, ticking over under lights for the winter.  In fact, they are doing a bit too well and have s...

The ginger is doing so well.  I am so excited!!  The first little green sprout has been joined by two others, all of which are growing hap...

Sometimes you purchase seeds because, you know, they serve a specific purpose.  Food? Absolutely.  Animal fodder? Sure thing.  Pollinator ...

It never fails, every year I start running out of space to grow my seedlings under lights.  And for the brassicae family, they are sometim...

Step outside and you can feel it: the air is lighter, the breezes blow warmer, the ground is that curious mixture of partially frozen and...

In yet another gardening adventure, I bring you my attempt to grow that staple of luxury spices, ginger.  After tracking down a good speci...

Imagine: this tiny corky seed, designed to bob along on the waves crashing against a rocky coastline, will (with any luck and good germin...