Oh, those Sun Gold Cherry tomatoes. My Grandchildren all love them. They pick them right off the stem and into their mouths. Great video and good to see you BLOOMING!
Oh a give-a-way is always fun! I have moved and am starting my garden from scratch. I also retired so I will be able to spend more time learning and growing and am so excited! I am also so happy that I found you, I am in Maine zone 5a and a lot of what I see is warmer month growing so thank you. Have a happy, blessed day.
Hi Mary! Glad you're here! How exciting you get to dive more into growing in retirement! My pleasure and good luck with starting everything from scratch...so many endless options! Exciting times! :)
Another great seed haul. Just remember that you can keep your seeds in a cool, dark, and dry place, and they should stay viable, so you don't have to plant them all this year. We want you to take it easy so you can have a healthy pregnancy. Also, for cool season annuals, the last frost date is less important. I think getting them outside earlier makes them stronger. I have already started my lisianthus, pansies, violas, iceland poppies, stock, and snapdragons. I grow the Quartet stock, which is branching and is growing under grow lights in the basement where it is cooler. I also noticed that my first anemones and ranunculus have sprouted that I soaked at the end of January. I soak my sweet pea seeds and direct seed them in early April. Happy gardening!
I've heard good things about direct sowing Sweet Peas as well, which I've never tried! That would be a big time saver...I may have to experiment with that. You are on the ball with starting all those cool season annuals...you're right - I think there's a lot of wiggle room there with them on when to start them. Glad everything is looking great for you and that your anemones and ranunculus have sprouted!
Seeds are an addiction! I too told myself I wasn't going to buy anymore this year, and go crazy. And yet I bought another 20 packs on top of the dozens of types I have left from last year! So excited for you and your family with the new additions of 2 little girls. Congratulations again!
Thank you, Tanya! It's an addiction for sure. Wild times ahead I'm sure! More of a reason to have my cut flower garden as a respite :) Thank you for your support!
Who doesnt love seeds! Congratulations on your double blessing! Love your channel.. Ive been sorta binge watching as i start my seeds and make my plans!
I've never done one before, so it would be fun to do! I'm still on the fence on Orlaya...I'd hate to mess her up if someone else would grow her with more attention.
Yay! The Zinnias will be sure to please. I too am planning Queenies. I like sunflowers, but we grew a monster once and it seemed like the plant from Little Shop of Horrors. Anyway, thanks for sharing. I trying straw flowers for the first time and I always direct sow. Let’s have beautiful gardens
Let's have beautiful gardens indeed! Ohhh, strawflowers will be fun...what variety? They great for drying as well. Kuddos to you for direct sowing...taking a step out and saving time. I need to do it more. Good to hear from you, Elon! :)
A seed giveaway would be so fun! Watched both your seed hauls and you have a bunch of beauties to start. I’m excited for the Bees Choice Dahlia seed I ordered from Floret. A little nervous too since it’s my first time growing dahlias.
Seed giveaways are so fun. I've never won anything, but still get excited about the prospect. I have had my eye on 3 of 4 of the flowers you thinking of giving away, especially the Didiscus - love me a blue flower. Calendula is my good friend in the garden, despite the sticky stems, I really love the look. Gosh you have a lot of flower starting and transplanting and watering and fertilizing and pinching and cutting and weeding and arranging ahead of ya, I'm especially impressed considering you're also busy growing tiny humans. Good luck, excited to follow along, we're working with similar growing zones :)
Happy you're here! Yes, I'm going to try to work much SMARTER and not harder this year...we'll see how it goes. What will get done, will get done! I'm expanding the seed give-a-way and adding more packs, so stay tuned! Hopefully by Friday, the seed give-a-way video is up! :)
I haven’t decided what to do with my sweet peas yet! My seed packs recommend direct sowing, but yours always look SO good! I’m definitely direct sowing all my zinnias, the ones I did in trays ended up quickly being surpassed by ones I direct sowed! And no cosmos for me this year 🥲 Love them, but need dead heading too often for what I can manage.
Understandable on the Cosmos! You can go either way on the sweet peas, but yes, I've found a method I really like that produces healthy plants and is low maintenance! You know out of all years maybe this is the year I direct sow my Zinnias. I'm going to keep that in my back pocket since yours did so well. Thanks for sharing!
Yasss! Seed giveaway pleeze! After watching Danielle at northlawn flower farm, we need some orlaya in our lives! Your sunflowers are going to be gorgeous (and they’re easy maintenance as you’ll have your hands full! :))
Wow, that IS a lot of seeds!! lol! I've already planted some of my seeds. And because of your channel, I just ordered some Dahlias, lol. Love your enthusiasm! I think the seed give away is a cute idea. We all could use a surprise in the mail. Butttttt, please don't over do it; babies are on their way. That's the most important seed you'll be growing. You're in my prayers. Thanks for sharing this video. Onto the next one! :)
SO many seeds, so little time! YESSSS, dahlias are the Queens of the garden my friend (in my humble opinion)! Yes, seed give-a-way is coming with an expanded give-a-way on deck because this momma just is not going to get to them all. Might as well share the love! I'm trying to rest when I need to, which is often...taking it day by day and what I get done, I get done! Thank you for keeping us in your prayers!
Giving away seeds is tons of fun. I gave away seeds I just wasnt going to grow any more or had extras of last year, and it was fun to watch all the folks grow things.
Of course it has - that's the word on the street. I'm definitely growing it one of these days! Thanks for sharing that it really is worth it. A seed give-a-way is coming soon!
A couple of years ago I grew sweet peas on a obelisk in a container on my deck I also grow the Queen Line zinnias and cosmos. I don't usually plant out until mid May. Bonny
Congrats on having twins. You must be a super woman to have babies and grow flowers this summer! Not to far from you, in Dixon, Il, so I am always interested in what you are doing.
Hi Sandra! Thanks for saying hello! We'll see how this season goes...I might've bitten off more than I can chew, but time will tell! Hope things are starting off well for you in Dixon! :)
Great! I think I'm going to do a big give-a-way with more packets for more people. It'll make me feel better to give them to someone who can give them their complete attention and care, so stay tuned!
I love seed haul videos!! I just ordered Precious Metals from Floret, and am very excited to try it this year. ❤ I'm a zone 6b WV, well actually 7a now I do beleive.
I ordered spun sugar celosia and unicorn mix zinnias from Floret. I am a sucker for those color combinations. I admit, I’m rocking that PNW 8b privilege and already have stock, sweet peas, and ranunculus in the raised beds. I’ve got the row cover ready if I need it. Honestly, I’ve not had great luck with stock or sweet peas, but I think it’s because I always started them too late for my area. They are SUPER happy right now! I got worried when they got hailed on, but the next morning they were all “THIS IS LIFE! BRING IT!” - they were practically glowing green. This is my first year with ranunculus, fingers crossed!
Omg, this is so exciting! You are on a roll! So far ahead of me out there! I'm glad everything looks great so far. Yes, Sweet Peas and Stock are incredibly cold hardy - it's amazing. Good luck with the ranunculus! It took me 3 years, but I got it last year and they were worth the wait! Hoping you get them on year 1!
Thanks for another great video Steph! Laughing during my lunch hour watching!! Apricot Lemondade cosmos...not a fan. Grew them last year and they just looked torn or shabby. I can't think of the word. And they looked dirty..not a fan of the color! But cosmos are one of my favs!!! Got a bunch new ones. Circling back to a previous post, your snaps were done in the smallest soil block you replied to me. Were your roots just crazy all over the place? On the fence whether to use my tiny soil blocks (3/4"), the 2" blocks or use the 3/4" and "pot up" into the nesting 2". Ugh, why do overcomplicate everything?!?!
I never moved mine out of the 3/4 inch last year and they did great…I could see my roots, but they didn’t suffer. The thought of potting up makes me dreary because of time, so I never did it. I’ll stick with 3/4” this year. However, if you’re worried, you could go up to the next size, but I think the two inch blocker would be overkill. I’d take A LOT of soil too. Good luck! 😀
Love your raised beds! I’m just a couple hours south of you and so appreciate having your channel with “local” info! Have always done veges and a few perennials but am excited to branch out to cut flowers this year. Because I want blooms right away, I’m mostly going to try annuals with only a few perennials. The last packet of the white filler flower is really nice…you might want to hold onto that one! Any chance you would split the packets and give to more people?
Hi Susan! There's a very good chance I'll be splitting packets and giving to more people because I think I'm going to add more to the give-a-way. The more I think about it, the more I need to be diligent about how much I try to do this year and I'd love to have others get some joy out of the seeds! Stay tuned :)
Iron stock is an early.season bloomer and will not bloom if it is too hot. I would get those seeds in soil the same time as sweet oeas, or even earlier.
I think I might have an older pack of orlaya too, so I may give the new one away, but still have one to grow. After I saw the picture of the queenie mix it immediately made sense what it was 😂
Your videos are like visiting with one of the granddaughters. Cute, sassy and all together adorable. Stay well, remain safe and wishing you all the best.
Well, to be honest, our house came with a Palram one the previous owner bought at Costco and it works just fine for me. I know theres other types at Costco as well, but also higher end ones with glass that are beautiful. If you're just starting out, I'd look at some that are more affordable, but highly rated wherever you buy it. Garden Answer has some good episodes on different types of Greenhouses that their viewers have...that may give you some ideas!
I'm in a black hole of names! Taking a break on thinking about names for awhile. I think I'm going to do a big give-a-way, so stay tuned! The more I think on it, the more I need to be diligent about how much I try to tackle this year. I'd rather have others be able to give 100% to those seed babies!
Oh, those Sun Gold Cherry tomatoes. My Grandchildren all love them. They pick them right off the stem and into their mouths. Great video and good to see you BLOOMING!
The best! I'm definitely blooming. Starting to feel that for sure!
So fun watching a seed haul…a giveaway is a bonus!
Coming out tomorrow with give-a-way video! :)
Oh a give-a-way is always fun! I have moved and am starting my garden from scratch. I also retired so I will be able to spend more time learning and growing and am so excited! I am also so happy that I found you, I am in Maine zone 5a and a lot of what I see is warmer month growing so thank you. Have a happy, blessed day.
Hi Mary! Glad you're here! How exciting you get to dive more into growing in retirement! My pleasure and good luck with starting everything from scratch...so many endless options! Exciting times! :)
Another great seed haul. Just remember that you can keep your seeds in a cool, dark, and dry place, and they should stay viable, so you don't have to plant them all this year. We want you to take it easy so you can have a healthy pregnancy. Also, for cool season annuals, the last frost date is less important. I think getting them outside earlier makes them stronger. I have already started my lisianthus, pansies, violas, iceland poppies, stock, and snapdragons. I grow the Quartet stock, which is branching and is growing under grow lights in the basement where it is cooler. I also noticed that my first anemones and ranunculus have sprouted that I soaked at the end of January. I soak my sweet pea seeds and direct seed them in early April. Happy gardening!
I've heard good things about direct sowing Sweet Peas as well, which I've never tried! That would be a big time saver...I may have to experiment with that. You are on the ball with starting all those cool season annuals...you're right - I think there's a lot of wiggle room there with them on when to start them. Glad everything is looking great for you and that your anemones and ranunculus have sprouted!
Seeds are an addiction! I too told myself I wasn't going to buy anymore this year, and go crazy. And yet I bought another 20 packs on top of the dozens of types I have left from last year! So excited for you and your family with the new additions of 2 little girls. Congratulations again!
Thank you, Tanya! It's an addiction for sure. Wild times ahead I'm sure! More of a reason to have my cut flower garden as a respite :) Thank you for your support!
Who doesnt love seeds! Congratulations on your double blessing! Love your channel.. Ive been sorta binge watching as i start my seeds and make my plans!
Fabulous! Thank you! I love a good binge watching session! Glad to be a partner along the way this year :) Have a great season!
I love all your selections!
Thank you, Marianne! I hope you're well! :)
Congratulations on your twins!!!!!!!!
Thank you, Laura! :)
Congrats on the twins! everyone loves a good seed giveaway!
Thank you! Yes, I believe a seed give a way is in order! 😄
First time doing a full flower garden excited to see how it all goes can’t wait to start my sweet peas!
Exciiiiting times for you! Prepare to be hooked! Sweet peas are heavenly...you won't be disappointed! Good luck this year! :)
Sunflowers! Pulled out my packets and will try them this year finally. And yes I like the sentiment of “cutting back”
I hope you and I both get some sunflowers this year then! 😀
Seed give-aways are always fun! I have heard good things about orlya.
I've never done one before, so it would be fun to do! I'm still on the fence on Orlaya...I'd hate to mess her up if someone else would grow her with more attention.
Yay! The Zinnias will be sure to please. I too am planning Queenies. I like sunflowers, but we grew a monster once and it seemed like the plant from Little Shop of Horrors. Anyway, thanks for sharing. I trying straw flowers for the first time and I always direct sow. Let’s have beautiful gardens
Let's have beautiful gardens indeed! Ohhh, strawflowers will be fun...what variety? They great for drying as well. Kuddos to you for direct sowing...taking a step out and saving time. I need to do it more. Good to hear from you, Elon! :)
A seed giveaway would be so fun! Watched both your seed hauls and you have a bunch of beauties to start. I’m excited for the Bees Choice Dahlia seed I ordered from Floret. A little nervous too since it’s my first time growing dahlias.
Growing dahlias from seed is easy and I bet hers are beautiful! 😀 Enjoy your blooms!
Seed giveaways are so fun. I've never won anything, but still get excited about the prospect. I have had my eye on 3 of 4 of the flowers you thinking of giving away, especially the Didiscus - love me a blue flower. Calendula is my good friend in the garden, despite the sticky stems, I really love the look.
Gosh you have a lot of flower starting and transplanting and watering and fertilizing and pinching and cutting and weeding and arranging ahead of ya, I'm especially impressed considering you're also busy growing tiny humans. Good luck, excited to follow along, we're working with similar growing zones :)
Happy you're here! Yes, I'm going to try to work much SMARTER and not harder this year...we'll see how it goes. What will get done, will get done! I'm expanding the seed give-a-way and adding more packs, so stay tuned! Hopefully by Friday, the seed give-a-way video is up! :)
Love all seeds 🙋♀️💌
Heard. Stay tuned...Friday a seed give-a-way video should be up!
I haven’t decided what to do with my sweet peas yet! My seed packs recommend direct sowing, but yours always look SO good! I’m definitely direct sowing all my zinnias, the ones I did in trays ended up quickly being surpassed by ones I direct sowed! And no cosmos for me this year 🥲 Love them, but need dead heading too often for what I can manage.
Understandable on the Cosmos! You can go either way on the sweet peas, but yes, I've found a method I really like that produces healthy plants and is low maintenance! You know out of all years maybe this is the year I direct sow my Zinnias. I'm going to keep that in my back pocket since yours did so well. Thanks for sharing!
@@TinysGarden of course!! 💕 I think I’ll give starting sweet peas a try too! 😋
Yasss! Seed giveaway pleeze! After watching Danielle at northlawn flower farm, we need some orlaya in our lives! Your sunflowers are going to be gorgeous (and they’re easy maintenance as you’ll have your hands full! :))
Fabulous to hear all the way around! Seed give-a-way video coming out tomorrow! :)
Wow, that IS a lot of seeds!! lol! I've already planted some of my seeds. And because of your channel, I just ordered some Dahlias, lol. Love your enthusiasm! I think the seed give away is a cute idea. We all could use a surprise in the mail. Butttttt, please don't over do it; babies are on their way. That's the most important seed you'll be growing. You're in my prayers. Thanks for sharing this video. Onto the next one! :)
SO many seeds, so little time! YESSSS, dahlias are the Queens of the garden my friend (in my humble opinion)! Yes, seed give-a-way is coming with an expanded give-a-way on deck because this momma just is not going to get to them all. Might as well share the love! I'm trying to rest when I need to, which is often...taking it day by day and what I get done, I get done! Thank you for keeping us in your prayers!
Seed give aways are fun, but also remember that seeds are good for multiple years.....
True, true! I'm feeling the need to give some out since I just can't grow as many this year, so I'm hoping they'll get used more readily!
Giving away seeds is tons of fun. I gave away seeds I just wasnt going to grow any more or had extras of last year, and it was fun to watch all the folks grow things.
A seed giveaway would be super fun. I haven’t grown any of those except the orlaya - and it’s become a staple. It really is a gorgeous filler.
Of course it has - that's the word on the street. I'm definitely growing it one of these days! Thanks for sharing that it really is worth it. A seed give-a-way is coming soon!
A couple of years ago I grew sweet peas on a obelisk in a container on my deck I also grow the Queen Line zinnias and cosmos. I don't usually plant out until mid May. Bonny
Those are both beautiful! I think I'd like to buy more obelisks actually, but this year probably isn't the year.
Always love a good giveaway! My birthday is June 10th. 😊
Yep, I think it needs to happen. And more than just those four packets! Really!?! Oh boy, it sounds like a good day...if I make it that far! :)
🎉seed giveaway yay🎉
Agreed. It's going to happen! :)
Congrats on having twins. You must be a super woman to have babies and grow flowers this summer! Not to far from you, in Dixon, Il, so I am always interested in what you are doing.
Hi Sandra! Thanks for saying hello! We'll see how this season goes...I might've bitten off more than I can chew, but time will tell! Hope things are starting off well for you in Dixon! :)
A giveaway would be awesome! I've always wanted to try some of those. I understand if you decide to grow them yourself though.
Great! I think I'm going to do a big give-a-way with more packets for more people. It'll make me feel better to give them to someone who can give them their complete attention and care, so stay tuned!
I love seed haul videos!! I just ordered Precious Metals from Floret, and am very excited to try it this year. ❤
I'm a zone 6b WV, well actually 7a now I do beleive.
Me too! I was able to get my hands on a handful of her seeds. Looking forward to it! Good luck and enjoy!
@@TinysGarden I got the whole set! Oopsy! I want to experiment and save seeds from her collection and see what I can grow.
@@dksgardenoasis jealous! But good for you! Enjoy every single one!
@@TinysGarden I sure will!
I ordered spun sugar celosia and unicorn mix zinnias from Floret. I am a sucker for those color combinations. I admit, I’m rocking that PNW 8b privilege and already have stock, sweet peas, and ranunculus in the raised beds. I’ve got the row cover ready if I need it. Honestly, I’ve not had great luck with stock or sweet peas, but I think it’s because I always started them too late for my area. They are SUPER happy right now! I got worried when they got hailed on, but the next morning they were all “THIS IS LIFE! BRING IT!” - they were practically glowing green. This is my first year with ranunculus, fingers crossed!
Omg, this is so exciting! You are on a roll! So far ahead of me out there! I'm glad everything looks great so far. Yes, Sweet Peas and Stock are incredibly cold hardy - it's amazing. Good luck with the ranunculus! It took me 3 years, but I got it last year and they were worth the wait! Hoping you get them on year 1!
😊I'm growing white finch orlaya for the 1st time. I need more fillers for bouquets and seen many gardeners grow it.
Yesss! Good call! Please let me know how it goes!
@@TinysGarden will do!
Thanks for another great video Steph! Laughing during my lunch hour watching!! Apricot Lemondade cosmos...not a fan. Grew them last year and they just looked torn or shabby. I can't think of the word. And they looked dirty..not a fan of the color! But cosmos are one of my favs!!! Got a bunch new ones. Circling back to a previous post, your snaps were done in the smallest soil block you replied to me. Were your roots just crazy all over the place? On the fence whether to use my tiny soil blocks (3/4"), the 2" blocks or use the 3/4" and "pot up" into the nesting 2". Ugh, why do overcomplicate everything?!?!
I never moved mine out of the 3/4 inch last year and they did great…I could see my roots, but they didn’t suffer. The thought of potting up makes me dreary because of time, so I never did it. I’ll stick with 3/4” this year. However, if you’re worried, you could go up to the next size, but I think the two inch blocker would be overkill. I’d take A LOT of soil too. Good luck! 😀
Interested in the seed give away, those would look amazing in my garden!
Fabulous! Stay tuned...hoping by Friday of this week, the seed give-a-way video is up! :)
You should grow at least one plant of the orlaya, just so you know how it grows in your garden!
I think I've got an older pack I'm going to try it with!
Love your raised beds! I’m just a couple hours south of you and so appreciate having your channel with “local” info! Have always done veges and a few perennials but am excited to branch out to cut flowers this year. Because I want blooms right away, I’m mostly going to try annuals with only a few perennials. The last packet of the white filler flower is really nice…you might want to hold onto that one! Any chance you would split the packets and give to more people?
Hi Susan! There's a very good chance I'll be splitting packets and giving to more people because I think I'm going to add more to the give-a-way. The more I think about it, the more I need to be diligent about how much I try to do this year and I'd love to have others get some joy out of the seeds! Stay tuned :)
Iron stock is an early.season bloomer and will not bloom if it is too hot. I would get those seeds in soil the same time as sweet oeas, or even earlier.
Yes, I think you're right!
Cant wait to see your results!!!
keep orlaya... the mix queen zinnia is basically the same of all your other queenie series mix together.
I think I might have an older pack of orlaya too, so I may give the new one away, but still have one to grow. After I saw the picture of the queenie mix it immediately made sense what it was 😂
Your videos are like visiting with one of the granddaughters. Cute, sassy and all together adorable. Stay well, remain safe and wishing you all the best.
Thanks, Steve! I'm glad you enjoy them! Have a great start to your season :)
Zinnias 100%
My feelings exactly!
Johnny's site says 5-6 weeks in those stock flowers. I'm guessing the packet has a misprint. That has happened to me before.
I assumed it had to be something like that. It’d be pretty unusual that one would be that different - thank you for saying something!
hi hi I live in Iceland 🥶🥶and here the last day of frost is around May 15
Hello hello! Oh my goodness sakes! That is a long wait...I bet when those blooms come though, it's worth the wait!
then winter comes again here in september@@TinysGarden
What kind of green house do you recommend?
Well, to be honest, our house came with a Palram one the previous owner bought at Costco and it works just fine for me. I know theres other types at Costco as well, but also higher end ones with glass that are beautiful. If you're just starting out, I'd look at some that are more affordable, but highly rated wherever you buy it. Garden Answer has some good episodes on different types of Greenhouses that their viewers have...that may give you some ideas!
I would love some seeds. Maybe we could exchange some seeds Congrats on the babies. Do you have names?
I'm in a black hole of names! Taking a break on thinking about names for awhile. I think I'm going to do a big give-a-way, so stay tuned! The more I think on it, the more I need to be diligent about how much I try to tackle this year. I'd rather have others be able to give 100% to those seed babies!