Hello my dear friends! I hope that you are ready for another round of growing native plants from seed. As an introduction, I will be holding a 40 minute talk and slideshow aimed at new members. Using feedback and observations from last year, the process has been modified to hopefully improve the success rate. I […]
Dear Underhill seed-sitters, There will be a final garden tour on September 10th that might interest you. It is open to project swallowtail members, my neighbors and friends. Please register using this eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/project-swallowtail-underhill-garden-tour-tickets-408738416607 Hope to see you!
Brimwood Blvd. Junior Public School joins our Project Swallowtail family.
Seedsitting at St. Clair church
Check out pictures sent in by group members.
Are your seedlings starting to grow? What are your next steps? This post is a video explaining your next steps AND a mini tour of my spring garden.
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]