Seedling Update

Two things essential to getting your seedlings to grow are warmer temperatures and moist conditions.
In this post I will show you how my seedlings are doing and also share how you can get your Project Swallowtail sign.

Washing flowerpots!

It may come as a surprise that indoor gardening involves A LOT of washing pots for me. While the majority of our gardening is going to take place exclusively outdoors, for those who are interested in expanding their seedstarting indoors, I thought I would share a few tips. Washing pots is the easiest way to […]

Meet Christine!

When I reached out to my neighbors about creating a seed-sitting group, I was delighted to meet Christine who has a passion for protecting the environment and promoting sustainable lifestyles through her instagram and consulting business: Buying Thyme. As a member of Project Swallowtail’s Underhill Seedsitters, she has documented her winter sowing, and spread the […]

The First Seedlings!

With the warming temperatures, I have noticed that my trays have been drying out. Since having moist conditions is absolutely critical to germination of seeds and growth of seedlings. I have been watering my trays daily. To my delight, today I saw the first tiny, tiny seedlings in my trays.    Keeping the soil moist […]

Time to stand up!

Spring has arrived and our gardens are springing to life. Little signs hold big promises in my garden. I know that some of you may be surprised to learn that I don’t “clean-up” all the leaves and debris on my garden beds, but I have many great reason not to touch anything until June and […]

The alternative to seed-sitting

Now that you know about the ease of seed-sitting, you may be asking yourself if there are more difficult ways to grow native plants from seed. Yes!!! and you can be sure that I love those methods too. You can replicate the same cold/moist stratification process that happens over winter in nature by keeping your […]

What are we growing together?

Well, I’ve had a chance to tally up some numbers and you may be interested to learn some interesting statistics! We are 50 members strong with the following 5 groups making up our membership: 17 members from the Underhill Neighborhood Group form the largest group 12 members from Garden Club of Toronto are growing plants […]