Gardener Den talks about Gardening

My Mother Jeans Red Devil; Food Cake

2008-11-12T18:44:00.000-08:00

How to grow Broccoli Plants from seed

2008-11-12T18:31:00.000-08:00

How to grow the herb rosemary from seed

2008-11-11T19:16:00.000-08:00

How to make a artifical wreath for the up and coming Christmas season

2008-11-08T19:31:00.000-08:00

Great recipe for the fall Pumpkin Pie Cake

2008-11-03T21:58:00.000-08:00

My Mothers Jean Bread and Butter Pickles

2008-10-26T05:30:00.000-07:00

How to make your own hand made Bows.

2008-10-23T20:53:00.000-07:00

How to make a live wreath for the up and coming Christmas Season.

2008-10-17T19:47:00.000-07:00

How to make Stuffed Pepper Soup

2008-10-13T07:03:00.000-07:00

My mother Jean Pizzelles recipe

2008-10-12T21:54:00.000-07:00

My Mother Jeans Salsa Recipe

2008-09-30T22:08:00.000-07:00

How to buy and plant Daffodils for next spring bloom.

2008-09-30T21:58:00.000-07:00

How to plant Tulips for spring bloom.

2008-09-30T21:38:00.000-07:00

My mother Jean Eggplant parmesan recipe

2008-07-14T18:56:00.000-07:00

My mother Jean Eggplant parmesan recipe

How to plant and grow everbearing strawberries in a strawberry jar.

2008-07-12T13:19:00.000-07:00

How to plant and grow everbearing strawberries in a strawberry jar.

How to grow Garden Thyme in Pots or Containers

2008-07-12T13:14:00.000-07:00

How to grow Garden Thyme in Pots or Containers

How to start Annuals from seed.

2008-03-07T19:16:00.001-08:00

Hi Gardening Friends
Here is some information that can help my Gardening Friends in starting annuals
from seed. As always you need to have clean flats to start your seeds in. Fill your
seeds flats half full with germination mix. Then soak the flats with water and set aside and let drain. Now pick out the seeds that you would like to plant in your flats. Maybe you would like to start Begonias or Geraniums from seed. What ever
annuals that you would like to start you should read the back of the packet before you start the seeds should you cover the seeds with germination mix or should you
let them uncovered and let the seed get light? You have to know something about the seed that you are planting. So most often the back of the seed packet is were you go to get this information. I hope all my gardening friends will try to start annuals
from seed and be successfull with them. If you try this I hope you contact me and tell me if you are successfull? Well time to go.
Have fun Gardening!
Gardener Den

How to start Perennials from seed

2008-03-05T17:51:00.000-08:00

Hi Gardening Friends
Here is a way to start perennials from seed. First of all as always you need to have
clean sterilized seed flats. After you clean them and let them dry. Then you take
your germination soil mix and fill the flat half full of mixture after that you should be able to sow your seeds. First read the back of the packet to see if you should cover the seeds with germination mix or not? Then after you do that you should mist you seed flat and mark the flat with what you just planted.
Then place the flat on the greenhouse bench or if you don't have a greenhouse
you can put them in your house on a propagating mat with a grow light.
It usually takes about 10 to 14 days for them to germinate. This can be for
almost every kind of perennial in starting them from seed.
I hope this helps my gardening friends
Gardening Friends

How to start Herbs from seed.

2008-03-03T18:19:00.000-08:00

Hi Gardening Friends
Here is some information that can help you in growing herbs from seed.
First of all as always sit down and go through your seed catalogs and pick
the Herb seeds that you want to order. Then when you receive the Herb seeds
in the mail You can go through them and pick out the ones that you would like to
plant first. This is the beginning of March 2008. You can plant many of the Herbs
seeds now at this time of the year from seed in your own home. First as always start with clean flats to start your seeds. That is to have sterilized flats and use proper soil to start your seeds in. You should use a sterilized germination mix
to start your seeds in. Now go and fill the flat with half full of germination mix
Then you go and soak the entire flat with water. Set aside and let drain.
Then you can broadcast your seeds in the flat and if you have a greenhouse you
can set them on the greenhouse bench. You can read the back of the Herb seed packet
to see if you have to cover the Herb seed that you are covering. I hope you try to grow Herbs from seed you will find that this is a very rewarding experience.
I hope this helps all of my gardening friends who want to grow Herbs from seed.
Well Time to go.
Gardener Den

Why do we do gardening?

2008-02-24T17:51:00.000-08:00

Hi Gardening Friends

Guess what Cabbage is good for?

2008-02-22T20:08:00.000-08:00

Hi Gardening Friends
Well guess what Cabbage is good for. Cabbage is high in vitamin K, as well as cancer-
fighting indoles. It is excellent for alleviating stomach ailments,especially when combined with confrey.
You can juice cabbage and if you add beets with the cabbage and your drink will tatse better.
Beets Drink beet juice to nourish the liver, one of the most important organs
of the body,as it has hundreds of different functions. If your liver is functioning well,most likely everything else in your body is,too.

How to start Cabbage from seed.
First as always what you have to do is have clean sterilized flats then after that you fill your flats half full with germinating mix then soak the mixture very well.
After you let the flats sit and drain. You can start to sow your seeds.
You broadcast the seeds across the flat evenly. After you do that you cover the seeds with about 1/4 inch of germinating mix. And then you mist the entirer flat
After that you can put the seed flat in a greenhouse bench or under a grow light
with a propagating mat under the flat. The seed will germinate in about 10 to 14 days. Here are some Cabbage varieties that you can get and grow for yourself.

Early Cabbage
a. Stonehead
b.Golden Acre

Mid Season
a.Platinum Dynasty

Late Cabbage
a. Flat Head Dutch

Savoy type.
a. Savoy Ace
b. Atantis

Red Cabbge Type
a. Red Acre

I hope all my gardening friends try to grow cabbage and see how it easy it is to grow this vegetable. I hope all my gardening friends enjoy this blog.
Happy Gardening
Gardener Den

Hi Gardening Friends planted pansies today.

2008-02-21T19:36:00.000-08:00

Hi Gardening Friends
Well did some transplanting of pansies today. Have to do alot more tommorrow of
pansies. I was transplanting them in six packs. The variety that I was transplanting was happy flower mix. This is a very early variety from stokes seeds in canada.
I always grow this variety in a mixture and my customers really enjoy it.
Email me if you would like more information about this pansy.

Now for some more informatio that my Bloggers can look into. Here is another site that I write on. and it www.hubpages.com Lookup Gardener Den.
Come Back Soon!
Gardener Den

Cleaning up in the greenhouse today.

2008-02-20T18:43:00.000-08:00

Hi Gardening Friends
Today did alot of cleaning up in the greenhouse. Getting ready to do alot of transplanting making hanging baskets and transplanting flats of cabbage,broccoli,
and cauliflower. So that is what I am doing in the greenhouse today.
Talk to you again
Gardener Den

Growing Chrysanthemums by seed or cutting?

2008-02-19T18:06:00.000-08:00

Hi Gardening Friends
Here is some information about growing Chrysanthemum from seed like the Perennial Painted Daisy or any of the Shasta Daisy types.You can grow any of theses in your house by using a propagation mat and grow lights for starting seeds indoor were you don't have sunlight. For starting any seeds you have to have clean flats or trays to start your plants from seed in. Then you get soil that is a germination mix
and you fill the flat or flats 1/2 full with the mixture and soak then and let sit until the excess water drains out of the flats. Then you can pick the seeds you want
to grow in the flats. The next step is to open the seed packet and sow the seeds.
How you do this is to take the packet and hold it in your hand and slowly shake the packet back and forth until the seeds start to come out of the packet. You do this slowly so that your seeds are broadcast evenly over the flat. These seeds are small so you don't cover them with germination mix. They germinate in about 20 days
also these seeds need to be evenly moist so you should mist them every day.
Never let then dry out before they germinate. Wait until they get a set of true leaves before you transplant them into jiffy pots or small plastic containers.
I think you will have fun growing these kind of Chrysanthemum.
You can get these seeds from different seed companies that deal in selling seeds.
a. Stokes Seeds Inc.
Box 548
Buffalo,NY 14240-0548
Tel: 1-800-263-7233

b. Park Seed Company
2 Parkton Avenue
Greenwood,SC 29647-0002
Tel: 1-800-845-3366

c. W.Atlee Burpee & Co.
300 Park Avenue,
Warminster, Pa 18991 -0001
Tel: 1-800-888-1447
web site www.burpee.com

Chrysanthemums from cutting
These are the fall blooming Mums that you can buy in the end of summer or early fall
well you can grow your own by buying rooted cuttings and planting in the spring after all dangers of frost is over. Then you plant your rooted cutting of you Mums
there are all kinds of colors of Chrysanthemums that you can plant for fall blooms.
But in the end of July or the beginning of August you can take cutting of your favorite Mums and when you take them you will take the cutting about 4 inches long and you take off the bottom leaves and you can start them in germination mix that you use for the starting of seeds. You can start your cutting under glass in a cool frame. Takes about 6 to 8 weeks for them to root. Keep the cutting out of the hot sun and keep the cutting misted about twice a day. After the cutting are rooted than you can pot them up in a 3 or 4 inch pot and you would use a potting soil for growing your plants in. After you transplant your rooted cutting in pots you
will water them well and keep them in the shade until they are well establish.

Were can you get cutting of fall blooming Chrysanthemums from cutting?
a. k.van bourgondien & sons, inc.
P.O. Box 2000
Virginia Beach,Va 23450
Customer Service
1-800-552-9916

b. W.Atlee Burpee & Co.
300 Park Avenue,
Warminster,PA 18991-0001
1-800-888-1447

I hope this information helps people who wants to grow Chrsanthemums
If you have any questions hope to hear from you.
Until Next Time
Gardener Den

Gardening Tips

2008-02-18T19:57:00.000-08:00