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 I must admit that this year my whole plan around starting veggie plants from seed has been a dismal failure. My initial plan was to plant 2 seeds each of eggplant, bell pepper, jalapeño, okra, regular tomato, and cherry tomato, at two week intervals, until 4 waves had been planted over the course of 8 …Continue Reading: Seedling problems and lovely flowers.  Hello again, dear garden blog! What’s been going on lately? Quite a lot, indeed. Alpine Strawberries: My awesome little brother bought me Alpine Strawberry seeds for Hanukkah this year and I decided that this month would be a good time to start them, with the hopes that I’ll have little plants to set …Continue Reading: Alpine Strawberries from seed and other adventures. 
Haven’t been doing much with plants this winter, but I have been painting them – at left is the painting I gave my mother for Hanukkah/Christmas. I am really looking forward to spring! It is a ways off yet, but I have big plans for January and February and then will be starting some veggie seedlings …Continue Reading: Dreaming of spring veggies and making big backyard changes.  Where did November sneak off to? It seems to have passed me by without a single Graphic Gardener post. I better get on that! What has been going on in my gardens… well, the first exciting news is that my fall crocus survived being planted in the horrible clay of my front yard. I was pleasantly surprised …Continue Reading: Crocus flowers and a new espalier.  We’ve been working on using up the extremely large quantity of spaghetti squash that was harvested from our front yard. One recipe we have grown very fond of is Spaghetti Squash Latkes (or, as we affectionately call them, Squatkes). 4 cups baked spaghetti squash |
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