What to plant in September
What to plant in August
How To Grow Milkweed
https://www.rareseeds.com/blog/post/how-to-grow-milkweed
Longevity Spinach and Sweet Potato leaves are reported to have many health benefits. One way to add these to your diet is by making "green powder" and adding it to your foods. It goes great in so many food - meat or veggie dishes, smoothies, etc.
To make green powder, I pick and wash lots of different greens from my garden (longevity spinach, sweet potato leaves, kale, chard, etc.). Then I let them air dry for a bit before putting them into my dehydrator to dry completely. Then I just have to put them into the dry grains container and pulse in the blender for a few seconds - and a full container of dried greens turns into a tiny bit of concentrated goodness!
https://issuu.com/styletome/docs/orlando_style_magazine_march_2017/24
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0924224421004398
https://flouronmyface.com/how-to-dehydrate-spinach/
New seeds planned for our next event June 1st!
Here is one of the new seeds you can expect to see at our next event -
Purple Sage
https://www.rareseeds.com/blog/post/how-to-grow-salvia-sage
New seeds planned for our next event June 1st!
Here is one of the new seeds you can expect to see at our next event -
Chinese Pink Celery
https://www.rareseeds.com/blog/post/how-to-grow-celery-and-celeriac
This celery is great in soups and the seeds are a wonderful topping to a potato salad! The pink is intensified when dried.
Bonus - ladybugs are more likely to pick a garden with plants from the Apiaceae or Umbelliferae family to make their nurseries. Praying mantids seem to be attracted to them as well. Both are great natural pest killers (although be aware that mantids will also eat ladybugs as well as aphids).
New seeds planned for our next event June 1st!
Here is one of the new seeds you can expect to see at our next event -Ruellia simplex
This plant is drought tolerant, which is why it is a popular landscape plant. Please read the information from the U of A before planting.
https://apps.cals.arizona.edu/arboretum/taxon.aspx?id=1012
Learn more about your Longevity Spinach Slips (Coming May 4th)
https://www.greendreamsfl.com/online-store/Spinach-Longevity-Gynura-procumbens-4-p225804067
How do we get the seed packets we hand out? The answer is, we make them. (And I gather most of the seeds from my backyard.). The scarlet sage seeds, for example, come from my yard. As I was taking these pictures, a hummingbird landed a few feet away and patiently waited for me to finish so she could drink from the plants.
