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6 Easy Flowers To Grow At Home

Tony Teolis March 30, 2014 0 Comments

Columbine - A perennial to grow for more frequency Lupine - A tall perennial that many pollinators favor Asters - A great annual flower for honey bees Marigold - A wonderful plant that is colorful, keeps squirrels and pest away and has a nice odor. Johnny Jump Ups - An annual/short lived perennial that is s tricolor viola 4 O'Clocks - Because the bloom at 4PM.

Transplant Tasty Parsley Seedlings To Potting Soil

Tony Teolis March 8, 2014 0 Comments

Watch for a quick lesson in how to transplant parsley seedling. Careful now. Pick up by one of two growing leaves. This third installment show the parsley being transplanted from vermiculite which serves as the starting medium to potting soil seedling starters.

Episode-235- Grow Your Own Green Onions And Chives

Tony Teolis March 3, 2014 0 Comments

Follow along with the 2014 Planting Times To Do spreadsheet in Resources and you will note it is planting time and things will get quite busy. Next up are chives and green onions. My favorites! I love green onions and I especially like growing them at home because they are tastier and bigger than what can be bought in the store. Chives are perennial to some degree and propagate well while...

Parsley Grow Light System At Home

Tony Teolis February 20, 2014 0 Comments

Petroselinum crispum is just plain old garden parsley but it is much more than that too. The heat mats worked so well that the parsley has to move under lights one week earlier than expected.

Episode-233- Get Started With Indoor Seed Starts – Parsley

Tony Teolis February 8, 2014 0 Comments

Today's video depicts the start of the growing season for 2014. Although it is still icy and cold outside and spring seems like a long forgotten friend warm weather is coming. Thus it is time to start with the first plant to sow indoors and that is Parsley. I love this plant for reasons beyond its taste and health benefits such as vitamins A, K and C, folate and iron. It keeps...

Episode-232- How To Pick The Best Blueberries Part 2

Tony Teolis February 3, 2014 0 Comments

Here is part 2 of my blueberry harvest video from summer 2013. You can easily note how much I enjoy picking fresh blueberries from the garden. Get in on the fun and start making your own produce at home. NourseFarms.com in Massachusetts is ready for your order of blueberry plants, starwberries, elderberries, blackberries, raspberries and more. Don't forget to get some asparagus too. Resources...

Episode-229- Blueberry Pie And Thoughts Of Summer Blooms

Tony Teolis January 26, 2014 0 Comments

As this cold winter drags on I find myself looking back to last summer as I plan for what this summer will bring. In short I want more of everything and last summer although we harvested quite a lot blueberries we only made one pie. Our goal this year is three pies. As such our blueberry harvest have to be even bigger and they should be with the number of bushes we have and the growth they will...

Butterflies In the Bee Balm

Tony Teolis January 21, 2014 0 Comments

The cold of January has me yearning for the heat of summer and all of the beautiful creatures that go along with it. In particular just when I thought the bee balm was dried up and done for in August there was a second bloom and this one fed a large gathering of butterflies. I don't know much about butterflies but I do know they have a purpose in the garden and I go out of my way to appealing...