Gardening and Ornamental Horticulture

Growing With Less Input

Gardening and growing vegetables organically is one thing that can soothe the soul, as well as feeding the body.

Ornamental horticulture is geared towards growing house plants and those that are pretty and appealing everywhere, indoors and out.

Do you remember gardening as a child, when your granny helped you plant those beans which grew to the sky, or made a flower or two for you to pick, all of your own?

I'm a Certified Horticulturist, and leaning on those memories of my own gives me joy when things are rough. I think of how it felt to make a planter with my sister, and planted it with Nasturtium seeds. This taught me patience, seeing them grow into lush plants with flowers like fairy hats.

We used to watch the bumble bees flitting back and forth to get the nectar. We could bite the end off the flower and find it for ourselves.

Now, as an elder, I like to help others in getting turned on to gardening. Giving a cutting from a geranium, or a pothos to get their own collection started is a lot of fun. Especially when they come back to tell me how well it's growing.

Taking pictures to share online or to ask about a problem is so much easier nowadays. The knowledge and enthusiasm is fun to see.

The thought of buying pots and planters, or even little seedling flats is what scares people away. What if I told you you can garden remarkably cheaply using things that normally go into the recycling, like yogurt containers, or even egg cartons? That might change your mindset into seeing ways to garden economically.

My favorite way to save money is to take cuttings and grow plants from seed.

A Petunia Purple Wave seed costs $7.90 for approximately ten seeds. How many basket stuffers would you get for that? I grow many plants and take cuttings from them when they're big enough, to expand the number I can put into baskets for summer beauty.

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