The Vintage Gardener

Here is my end of the year review for the 7 types of sunflower I grew this year!!

The first time I grew zinnias I was disappointed that I got blooms that only had a single ray of petals rather than the full dahlia type heads.  In the years since then, I've improved my process, and this year the far majority of my zinnias had full dahlia type heads. Here are my tips and tricks for improving the fullness of your zinnia heads.  

Gardening is wonderful, but what happens when your garden plans collide with your local planning, zoning, and construction ordinances? In this episode, I discuss a few gardening projects that may require a permit from your local township.  

During the podcast, I ask listeners how the 2021 growing season was going for them.  

In this episode I discuss whether winter sowing worked for me.  I also give you the results of my head to head potting soil test.  Finally I tell you what things I will change for the 2022 growing season.  

In this live episode, I ask listeners to share their gardening disasters.  

We live in an Instagram and Pinterest world.  Everyone is trying to be an influencer even in the gardening world.  Every picture you see is carefully curated.  It bears little to any resemblance of what gardening is about.  So in the next call in show we will be discussing gardening realities- the disaster.  So call in and tell me about your gardening disasters.  

The live podcast didn’t go as planned. So where do I go from here?

The Garden Party- Live Podcast March 26, 2021 @5 pm. I will be interviewing another local gardener Jen from Forever Blooms with Jennifer. We will be discussing how she got into gardening as well as her plans for the upcoming season. We will be answering call in questions during the show. The Live podcast will be hosted on Stereo dot com. (You will have to create an account to participate.) https:/...

What’s in a Name? Roses are my favorite flower. It is how I got into gardening. Roses will be the first flower series that we will be tackling on this podcast.

To all my blog readers. If you have questions, please don’t hesitate to leave them in the comment section. I’ll be more than happy to include them in a podcast episode. Episode 10: Blackspot and Octopusing

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In this episode, I give you a review on how my growing season is going in 2020. I give you a run down on what worked, what didn’t work, and tentatively what I’m changing for next year.