Old hat, zone 4, cold climate garden blog.

Having a greenhouse with out year round water is a trick.  Anybody knows that almost all plants need regular water, even if it is only once a week.  In the summer we leave a heavy duty hose laid out for watering and we can drag it to where ever we need but because we garden [...]

A reader writes, “when is a good time to start my seeds for this area”. This area is northern NY State off the eastern end of Lake Ontario and while zone can vary between 4 and 5 b we usually consider it a zone 4.  To answer the question we first must decided when to [...]

More on propagating geraniums We propagate zonal geraniums the same way we do many other plants and that is by cuttings.  The post on growing German ivy goes into the process in detail with photos. The geraniums starts like it warm and sunny. Warm because if it is cool and damp they are liable to [...]