Native to Michigan, Southern Blue Flag iris is one of the native plants I bought last year at the Kensington Metropark spring native plant sale.
The plants sold at the sale are from seed collected from metropark plants.
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Southern Blue Flag
A few years ago, I chose to support online alternatives to Amazon for book-related activities, like reading, discussing, and tracking books I read.
When I read a recent post on Mastodon asking for suggestions for places to shop online, places that weren’t Amazon or Walmart, I was intrigued.
And wondered what folks would recommend.
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When I started my winter sowing project in mid-February this year, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I had never done any winter sowing before.
I had a few scares with deep cold spells in late winter and spring, concerned whether the native plant seedlings in the milk jugs would make it through.
And a couple times I did move the milk jugs into the garage overnight.
As you can see from my photo of the purple coneflowers, I shouldn’t have been worried!
Continue reading Photo of the Week: Winter Sowing 2024 Results