Frau Zinnie

Organic gardener growing food and flowers, lovin' pollinators and birds.

  Besides making sure I get the weeds in check and continue to divide some perennials to share with friends, here is what is also on the lis...
I have exciting news! I've been working on my second book, which is now available for preorder : "Audubon Bird-Friendly Gardening: ...
May rushes in with blooming tulips and daffodils. The peonies are starting to bud, the milkweed is poking up out of the ground, and the Kwan...
I've had great success with growing tulips this spring thanks to all the precautions I took last fall. I decided to treat my tulips ...
When I was a child, my grandfather would cut his lilacs for Mother's Day and put them in vases for my mother to take home. We wou...
  As it begins to grow, rhubarb will benefit from a top-dressing of well-aged manure.  The growing season is officially underway, with snapd...
I tend to visit thrift stores to look for treasures I can repurpose for the garden (indoors or outdoors), such as large glass containers (cl...
  The tiny, cheerful yellow flowers of Winter Aconite ( Eranthis Hyemalis ) are beginning to pop up in the front and back garden. It's n...
Over on TikTok I shared a brief tutorial on how to grow microgreens, using the project directions in "Micro Food Gardening." Take ...
For an instant pop of spring color, trim forsythia branches to bloom indoors. It's really a simple task to do! Beginning in late Fe...
Are you getting the seed starting itch? Good news! It's the perfect time to start pansies and violas from seed.  In the past I have blo...
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