National Seed Swap Day

Did you know that there is a National Seed Swap day?  There is!  It's the last Saturday of January every year.  Check out this link to learn more:
National Seed Swap Day

 

Although the date has come and gone, it's never too late to do a little seed swapping.  If you're ready for some spring-time fun and would like to organize your own seed swapping party, you might like to check out this book:

Seedswap: The Gardener's Guide to Saving and Swapping Seeds by Josie Jeffery

There are also some PDFs from the book that you can download:

Seed Saving Techniques & Creating a Seed Bank

If you do host a seed swapping party, we'd love to hear about it!

Winter Garden Fun

Are you finding yourself longing for green garden views during these cold and snowy Maine days?  There's no reason why your garden can't be a fun and inviting space during the winter months.  

We've put together a collection of fun ideas to help overcome the winter doldrums.

Build Snow Animals:  The National Wildlife Federation Kids has some ideas with easy instructions.  If you'd like to feed feathered friends at the same time, decorate your snow animal with berries, bird seed, and other bird delicacies.

Snow Painting: Color some water with food coloring and use spray bottles or ketchup-type squirt bottles to decorate the snow.

Hang some ice sun catchers

Make ice luminaries

 Create snow land art Andy Goldsworthy style

Cover the garden with greenery snowflakes

Enjoy!  If you try some of these ideas, stop by and let us know how it turned out...