A great Find of The Week for the gardeners. I love the idea behind the Easy Bloom. You put this handy tool in an area where you want to grow your garden. It monitors the soil, water and sunlight. It then lets you know which plants can grown in the current conditions. After you have your plants in the ground you can monitor them. After leaving the Easy Bloom in the ground near your plants plug the Easy Bloom into your USB port on your computer. It will give you the info on a particular plant. It will tell you if you need more water or sunlight plus more. I placed the easy bloom with my heirloom tomato plant above to see how it is doing. I wanted to make sure I wasn't over watering it. I then put it in with my sage. It's a great tool for beginner and experienced gardeners.
{Photo by Southern Living Magazine}
Reminder: It's time to plant your wheatgrass for Easter.
Tips:
-Soak your seeds for about 8 hours in water to sprout
-mix half potting soil half peat moss for planting
-sprinkle soaked seeds close together in container for full Easter grass then cover with a light layer of soil
-keep moist the first couple of days by putting plastic wrap over contain to for a terrarium effect
-place in a sunny location
-should be ready in just over a week
-wheatgrass seeds can be found at your local health food store
-great alternative to plastic or paper grass in your Easter baskets
Cheat: if you don't have time or you forget many local health food store have trays of wheat grass already grown
with hopes of green spring days to come.
{ I found these skeps here 1 2 3 }
{photo by me click to enlarge -look at the beautiful pattern of the seeds. Nature is amazing!}
{photo by me click to enlarge}
Every time my kids empty their plates into the trash I cringe. Every time I am chopping veggies for salad or dinner and I have to empty my trimmings into the trash I let out a deep breath because I wish I had one of these really nice Nature Mill Composters to put it in so I can add it to my garden soil. We don't have the best soil here and I try to build it up with what ever I can. What i really like about the Nature Mill Composters is they don't have an odor and create the nicest organic compost for your plants as wells as fit under your counter. You can put the following green and brown items in it: sawdust, wood shavings bread, rice, pasta, grains nuts, nut shells, straw dry flowers, small yard leaves coffee grounds, paper filters fruit, vegetable scraps meat, chicken, fish fish bones, shrimp tails cheese, eggs, egg shells tea leaves, tea bags grass & plant clippings. All to turn in to a rich dark brown soil. Doesn't it sounds just great?!
{This is a purple cone flower in the Sundance Resort gardens I took last summer}
See all that straw mulch in Martha's Garden
{ Tips on Mulch that I have Collected }
It is spring and it is almost time to plant here in The Valley. We are a zone 3 0r 4 depending on where you are in The Valley which means Mother's Day weekend is the rule of thumb for planting. Here is a zone guide for those of you not here in The Valley. I love to garden even if it is small and in containers. I have always had some sort of garden. Right now I have a small patch of herbs right out my front door. Some of my must haves are a spray nozzle for watering good gloves and hanging baskets. That lovely Vermont Garden Cart is on my wish list. It is pretty and would be so handy. I am seriously considering Adirondack Chairs for the yard. They are comfortable sturdy and L.L. Bean has a nice fresh selection of colors. We bought a few flowers today to put in our hanging baskets and pots. I also bought some basil to add to our little herb patch. We will be planting some veggies next week. Have fun planting your gardens and remember anyone can grow a little bit of something no matter how small your space.
Spray Nozzle from 
