February 2019

February 2019 brings us snow and excitement for indoor seedling sprouting.

March 2019

Here we have from our local home store are annual flower seeds. We prepare to plant these for indoor sprouting to get them growing as soon as possible to be able to then transfer them outdoors. Most of the seeds we plant indoors are meant for our front flower beds and for pots. The majority of the wildflower seeds we plant from seed directly outside, although we have transplanted a few that were started early indoors.

It’s just so exciting to think about flowers in the dead of winter, when the outside temps are in the single digits (or negative). When the seed packets start showing up in the store, we always look to see if there’s a few new varieties we want to try out.

April 2019

As the snow finally cleared, it was time to start planning for this season’s flowers. First, we mowed down the remaining stalks that we left standing. We leave them standing in the fall for 2 main reasons: Seeds/cover for wild animals, and to easily see where the existing flowers are as we expand the plantings.

May 2019

At the beginning of May, grass is already starting to grow. You can see the areas of existing wildflowers from 2018 in the green squares, and the areas of grass that were sprayed with Roundup / glyphosate to make room for new flowers in 2019. We planted seeds on May 19 this year for the expansion of the wildflowers.