MARCH 2026 NEWSLETTER Changing of the seasons March is a month of great and swift changes. We will gain an hour and twenty minutes of daylight from the beginning to the end of the month, around 3 minutes each and…

FEBRUARY 2026 NEWSLETTER Last call for winter sowing! February is one of my favorite months. The days are getting longer and they tend to be bright and sunny. Did you know we average 21 sunny days in February? Not bad…

December 2025 Newsletter Sowing native seeds Now is the time to sow your native seeds! There are three main ways you can do this: direct sowing, winter sowing and putting your seeds in the fridge.   The seeds of many native…

November 2025 Newsletter Each month I try to answer the question “What should I be doing with my native seeds?” November is at the very beginning of seed sowing season and you have a lot of options. The window is…

October 2025 Newsletter Seed Collecting October is a big month for seed collecting. While different species are ready for seed collecting all summer long (we were collecting sedge seeds in June!), many species in the aster, goldenrod, and grass families…

July 2025 Newsletter Happy Canada Day! In this month’s newsletter we are looking at the success of four methods for growing native plants from seed: cold moist stratification in the fridge, winter sowing, seed balls and direct sowing in the fall.…

June 2025 Newsletter Welcome to June! And welcome if you are new to this newsletter, we had a lot of new subscribers in May. This month we are still talking about planting seedlings. If you are like me, you still…

May 2025 NEWSLETTER Seedlings of all shapes and sizes! Welcome to May! It is the month of seedlings.  Depending on which method you used to sow your native seeds your seedlings will be different sizes.  In this month’s newsletter I…

Welcome to the April newsletter and the start of spring!  Well, sort of.  We were hit by an ice storm just this past weekend and our power has just come back on. Winter is taking one last shot at us…