July Flower Garden Tour: From Winter Sown to Blooms

Welcome to my July garden tour! Join me as I take you through the cut flower garden grown from seed by using the winter sowing method.  The garden has so many summer blooms. 

Winter Sown: A Walk Through the Cut Flower Garden

Touring my cut flower garden in mid-June 2024 which was mostly grown using the winter sowing method. 

Garden Tour Mid-May 2024

Full Garden Tour - Mid May 2024 - zone 6b flower garden.  Touring my flower gardens with early-spring blooms. 

Winter Sowing REVEAL - April 2024 - Flowers, Herbs, & Tomatoes

Winter Sowing Containers Update - Final Reveal - flower seedlings. Opening winter sown milk jugs April 22, 2024 to see what flowers seedlings did well and what has failed.  Plus update on winter sown tomatoes.  Gardening in zone 6b NJ

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April Winter Sowing: Tender Annuals and Tomatoes

Winter sowing tender annual flowers in early April, plus sowing tomato seeds.  In this video I am sowing gomphrena, celosia, marigolds,  calendula, as well as tomatoes and basil.

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March Winter Sowing: Herbs for the Garden and Butterflies

March Winter Sowing: Herbs for the Garden and Black Swallowtail.  Growing herbs from seed.  Cold hardy herbs to grow. Larval host herbs for Black Swallowtail.

March Winter Sowing: Annual Flowers, plus update on February sowing

Winter sowing my annual flowers in early March, plus sowing bunching onions.  I will also show you what has germinated from my February winter sowing.

Sowing Flower Seeds Indoors: Geraniums, Snapdragons, Rudbeckia & more

Starting flower seeds indoors:  Geraniums (pelargonium), snapdragons, rudbeckia, creeping thyme, rosemary, and onions.  

Winter Sowing Perennial Flowers

Winter Sowing Perennial Flower Seeds - zone 6

Yarrow, Bee Balm, Feverfew, Delphenium, Foxglove, Poppies, Violas, Goldenrod, Aster, Mistflower

Flower Seeds I’m Winter Sowing in 2024

It is nearly time to start my 2024 winter sowing.  In this video I share with you the flower seeds that I will be winter sowing in the coming weeks.

Digging, Dividing, & Storing Dahlias for Winter

We have gotten a couple of frosts so it's time to dig out the dahlias, divide them and get them stored for the winter. This year I am storing them differently than past years. Digging up dahlias, dividing dahlias in fall, storing dahlias for winter.  Growing dahlias in fabric bags. Zone 6b, NJ

Digging up and Moving Daffodil Bulbs + Removing Eryngium (Sea Holly)

Digging up and moving daffodil bulbs in the fall.  Also removing eryngium, sea holly, roots that have spread in the garden bed.   Gardening in NJ, zone 6b

Painting terracotta pots - DIY Faux Aged Copper Patina Planters

How to Make DIY Faux Copper Planters with Acrylic Paint.  Painting terracotta pots for the garden.   In today's video I show you how I painted my terracotta pots to match my garden decor.  It is super easy turning a terra cotta pot into a pretty color using acrylic paints.   I hope you all enjoy and it gives you inspiration to dress up your terra cotta pots.  Thanks so much for watching!

Early September Full Flower Garden Tour

Touring my flower gardens in late Summer.  Gardening in NJ zone 6b

Expanding My Small Backyard Veggie Garden + Garden Tour

Gardening in NJ zone 6b.  I built a small enclosed vegetable garden in my backyard last year using Vigoro no-dig fence panels a Vego raised beds. Quickly I felt like I needed more room so I have expanded the garden.   I feel that with the extra space it is looking more like the fairytale cottage vegetable garden with not just veggies but also beautiful flowers.

Winter Sowing Results After Transplanting - Annual Flowers, Natives, and Tea Garden

Taking you on a tour of all my winter sown seedlings and how they are doing in my garden after having transplanting them.

Opening winter sowing containers during hot weather

If you are getting some unseasonably warm weather be sure to open up the lids of the containers that have seedlings so they don't fry.

Winter Sowing an Herb Tea Garden

Starting herbs and flowers using the winter sowing method to start a tea garden.  Many of the hebs and flowers used to make teas work well with winter sowing.  Here are the ones I am growing this year.  You don't need much space and can grow all of these in containers.

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Winter Sowing Native Flowers and Perennials

Native flowers lend themselves very well to the winter sowing method since most of them require cold stratification and this method naturally provides that freeze and thaw cycle they need to germinate.  Just be sure to winter sow them in January or early February so they get 30 to 60 days of cold stratification.  I'm starting native flower seeds in January and I'm Gardening in NJ, zone 6b

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Past winter sowing videos:

Flower Seeds I’m Winter Sowing in 2023:  https://youtu.be/duAP06u6qEQ

Winter Sowing Supplies 10 Essentials:  https://youtu.be/WPHgpaaLSzY

Winter Sowing - Best Flower Seeds and When to sow:  https://youtu.be/BAGsGtVSwBg

Winter Sowing Step by Step Guide (2021): https://youtu.be/FgUKLh2J8gc

Winter Sowing Reveal - Spring 2022:  https://youtu.be/kIJpldn6I5A

Winter Sowing Reveal - Spring 2021:  https://youtu.be/49VCZEL7utk

How to Transplant Winter Sown Seedlings into the garden: https://youtu.be/5-BfrIyiUAY

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Baker Creek -  www.rareseeds.com

Johnny's Selected Seeds -   johnnyseeds.com

Flower Seeds I’m Winter Sowing in 2023

I love growing flower seeds using the winter sowing method in containers like water jugs, milk jugs or other plastic containers.  These are the flower seeds that I will be winter sowing in 2023 and what time of year that I sow each type.  Gardening in NJ, zone 6b

Here are some of my other winter sowing videos:

Winter Sowing Supplies 10 Essentials:  https://youtu.be/WPHgpaaLSzY

Winter Sowing - Best Flower Seeds and When to sow:  https://youtu.be/BAGsGtVSwBg

What I'm Winter Sowing in 2022: https://youtu.be/nLLTI9wzLpg

Winter Sowing Step by Step Guide (2021): https://youtu.be/FgUKLh2J8gc

Winter Sowing Reveal - Spring 2022:  https://youtu.be/kIJpldn6I5A

Winter Sowing Reveal - Spring 2021:  https://youtu.be/49VCZEL7utk

How to Transplant Winter Sown Seedlings into the garden: https://youtu.be/5-BfrIyiUAY

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