A DIY wick watering system is simple, effective and quick to set up. Capillary action is the scientific term that describes the phenomenon.| Gardening4Joy
Creating a Monarch butterfly garden is a lovely way to help the butterflies and add beauty to your home garden. Milkweed and nectar plants are key.| Gardening4Joy
Part two of creating and maintaining an organic vegetable garden focuses on seeds, tillage, irrigation, fertilizer, and pest/disease management.| Gardening4Joy
In this post, I provide information on creating and maintaining an organic vegetable garden. This is the first of a two-part series.| Gardening4Joy
Zinnias are a beautiful annual flower that comes in several colors, shapes and sizes. Read about growing and caring for zinnias.| Gardening4Joy
Learn three aspects of starting seeds indoors: supplies needed, the planting process, and caring for seedlings. Variety and control are two benefits.| Gardening4Joy
In this post, I describe how to create perfectly pressed flowers using a microwave flower press. Specifically, the Microfleur.| Gardening4Joy
Learn about the process to make lovely DIY resin coasters with dried pressed flowers and also the lessons I learned along the way.| Gardening4Joy
Learn how to press flowers the old-fashioned way using the book method. You likely have everything you need to press beautiful flowers.| Gardening4Joy
Learn an easy practical way to store dried pressed flowers. Just 3 key supplies are needed for this method.| Gardening4Joy
A brilliant method to create new garden beds using layers of organic matter. These layers are built directly on top of the ground.| Gardening4Joy
I chose to write about saving zinnia seeds for two reasons. First, saving zinnia seeds is easy. Second, zinnias are one of my favorite annual flowers.| Gardening4Joy
Dill seeds are harvested at the end of the plant's lifecycle when the umbel flower heads brown. When saving dill seeds, let the flower dry and turn brown.| Gardening4Joy
Do you plant your own seeds? Are you looking for creative methods to store and organize a seed collection? Read on.| Gardening4Joy