Another feat accomplished today with two trays sown.. today the target seeds were aster pansy marigold gazania cactus dahlia and ipomea.. out of these i skipped gazania as the fuzzy seeds were a bit difficult to handle and sow in trays.. i will sow them in a container...

It feels sooo good to put on garden gloves and play with seeds and soil.. The temp is not so down as yet but i couldnt wait to sow so i took a safe risk and sowed 98 carnation plugs.. a full tray of carnations.. yippeee... i'm so in love with them!! aprt from them...

I'm back to college, leaving my dear garden behind.. thank God monsoon has arrived so atleast i don't have to worry about my plants dying of heat.. before coming i'd weeded, pruned and mulched almost all the containers till i was left with no more cocopeat.. i know...

Here's a sneak-peek at the first germination success using the baggie method.. I'm so glad it works.. or has started working atleast:) The seed pictured is Hollyhock Chareters Double obtained by seed swap..  Out of the three seeds thta i sowed, one has come up.. three...

For the first time, i'm trying the baggie method for germinating seeds.. i have been aware of this particular method for a long time now but i never actually got around to trying it unless i tried and failed with impatiens seeds with my standard method.. and since...

Over the past week i have been on a plant hunt.. i have been looking for some hardy summer varieties to fill the pots i'd emptied.. my eyes are dying to dying to see some summer color in this scorching.. so with a trip to my fav nursery i became the proud owner of...

Long long ago i'd sown some Primula Obconica seeds which never came up and eventually i'd given up hope.. But one fine day(read a few days ago) i spotted a single seedling having 4 true leaves happily growing in the same container with the name tag intact.. thereby...

  After a long discussion with myself i came to the conclusion that i  must sow the impatiens seeds i recently regardless of the  weather(read scorching heat).. i know wrong season but then i  have one plant in flower already out on the terrace, one cutting in  the...

  Sometimes i feel very very lazy and though i'm always gardening in  my mind, i never actually go out and start digging.. today started  off as one of those days but by the evening i was feeling so guilty  for neglecting my plants that i just got up and went out.....