I help gardeners grow
& beginners blossom.

After my trip to Mexico I accidentally bring home a few seeds in my pocket. I plant them December 4, 2019 and they are just germinated on February 4, 2020. I can grow my own coffee in the house, wait for it to bloom and brew a few beans for friends!  In the jungle the organically-grown plants prefer shade so maybe they’ll work in a window in my home? I am newly home and enthusiastically excited about raising a crop of coffee in my northern windowsill.

This month we held an apple champagne and pumpkin pie party but of course we lied. It wasn’t real Champagne.  By law, as Helpful Husband pointed out, Champagne has to come from a very narrow region of France. Our “champagne”  came from apples in our back yard. 

“We were amazed at our success with melons and the unbelievably good taste and juice running down our arms as we ate!  I still dream about them!” In spring 2019 Margo asked about growing cantaloupe in her prairie garden near Calgary and she ended up trying all kinds and loving her results. Growing melons in cool areas of Canada is no easy task and gardeners know it is best to try the fastest growing types available. Here is a compilation of varieties to try in case you are thinking of growing Cantaloupes in 2020. (And if you are not thinking of growing them then why not?)

First the good news. Lemons trees  can freeze and they won’t die. Now the bad news. If you bring a lemon tree indoors after it gets a chill outside it will most likely lose all its leaves.