You Grow Girl™

This year will go down in history as the year I not only started seeds on time, organized all seeds by category (direct sow, indoor starts, and never-going-to-grow-it-so-trade-it-already), AND managed to draw up some kind of "plan" beyond casual (and quickly forgetten) mental lists. I rule.

So I finally got it done - yesterday admist the gloom of a rainy day, I dug my garden. It only took me about 1.5-2 hours, and it's about 4x3 feet (I figured I could always expand it a bit more if I needed to). I

I took at stroll down to Granville Island (which isn't an island, nor is it on Granville St.), where I happened upon a gardening shop that I had never seen before. Besides all the cool garden supplies they already had a good stock of herb, veggie and

So I thought I'd finally make another update on this blog since I haven't done so in [insert embarrassing long ago date here]. It's a new year, and with that I'm planning on good things for my garden. Since moving to urban Vancouver I haven't had my little

After NOT following the written instructions, CS is finally growing hair. I didn't realize that you had to also soak the seed for 24 hours also. I was wondering how the seeds would stick to the head. When you soak them for 24 hours, it makes this

At Christmas in 2002, I received a Chia Head as a gift. So over a year later, I am finally getting around to growing it. Since I couldn't help noticing that Chia Head bears an uncanny resemblance to Dustin Diamond aka Screech from Saved by the

by Gayla Trail Multiply your plant collection the economical way, through propagation. Learn the ins and outs of taking cuttings, dividing, or repotting offsets. Archived article here

by Gayla Trail Forget shopping. A little botany lesson is all you need for a d.i.y. seed collection. We've even done the work for you and designed lovely seed packets to print out and use. Harvesting and Saving Your Seeds Storing and Testing Seeds Make Decorative Envelopes

By Gayla Trail Just because your plant looks near-death, doesn't mean all hope is lost for its survival. Follow along with a story about a cactus plant that was revived after being "kicked to the curb". Archived article here