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Our spouse’s eyes glaze over when we start discussing propagation, the glaze will slightly lessen when we mention “how much less it costs.” But secretly, we’re still planning to hit up the garden center later that day. The Seek app is always open. We often leave the Common Lambs Quarters and Purslanes because they’re edible and delicious snacks to pluck while knee deep in soil. We think we’re a burgeoning new era of gardening, but we’re really just bring back what our ancestors had to do, but we’re doing it intentionally for both sheer joy and environmentalism. We’re here because you can never talk too much about plants. 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Poor soil? 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Plant Feature: Snowdrops (Galanthus) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://themiddlegarden.com/learning/2026/2/6/its-febuary-heres-your-garden-to-do-list-for-zones-6-and-below monthly 0.5 2026-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/b82b1d44-40ff-4642-b505-b471932e2010/Untitled+design+64.PNG Learning - It’s February! 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Here’s Your Garden To Do List for Zones 6 and Below.. - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://themiddlegarden.com/learning/2026/2/just5-plant-spotlight-spotted-bee-balm-monarda-punctata monthly 0.5 2026-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/d8e36722-c4bd-4662-bb0a-43a6197c0509/Untitled+design+%283%29.png Learning - Plant Spotlight: Spotted Bee Balm (monarda punctata) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/6189893f-1eb6-49ad-8afa-fc8aa0e3702b/Untitled+design+%282%29.png Learning - Plant Spotlight: Spotted Bee Balm (monarda punctata) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://themiddlegarden.com/learning/2026/1/27/plant-spotlight-cosmos-cosmos-bipinnatus monthly 0.5 2026-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/e53c7d97-edb3-4b9c-8d72-85fd58a955e9/Untitled+design+97.png Learning - Plant Spotlight: Cosmos (Cosmos Bipinnatus) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/df29f59c-db7f-4058-83a5-ddabfdd9b908/Untitled+design+96.png Learning - Plant Spotlight: Cosmos (Cosmos Bipinnatus) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://themiddlegarden.com/learning/2026/1/12/the-2026-patio-garden-plan-edibles monthly 0.5 2026-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/05a4b462-b615-4f35-9ca1-e1344074dfad/Untitled+design+86.png Learning - The 2026 Patio Garden Plan: Edibles! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/fd441350-3cf0-4100-ab6e-846cbd89f0d2/Untitled+design+-+4.PNG Learning - The 2026 Patio Garden Plan: Edibles! - Make it stand out Purple Rain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/06919534-c4a4-49cd-a5af-f1241d0c83c6/Untitled+design+84.PNG Learning - The 2026 Patio Garden Plan: Edibles! - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://themiddlegarden.com/learning/2026/1/5 monthly 0.5 2026-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/dbcf10b9-3766-4539-b10c-7a1fb8fd4630/Untitled+design+7.jpg Learning - Seed Sowing 101 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/b75a327b-d4f8-4910-8f1e-b9c1854e5cfc/Untitled+design+8.jpg Learning - Seed Sowing 101 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/c4fe07b3-3118-4786-bd84-b59c36b3e91f/Suggests+large+seeds.png Learning - Seed Sowing 101 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/c49ecef4-6743-4a11-82cf-d0922c5fe51e/Untitled+design+78.PNG Learning - Seed Sowing 101 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://themiddlegarden.com/learning/2026/1/2 monthly 0.5 2026-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/1766971555672-1LH9OMJAJ5OCFUYYF6CG/Untitled+design+-+8.PNG Learning - Seed Stratification: Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/1766971548836-GO0L19K0WTHKN4OZ6T3P/Untitled+design+-+7.PNG Learning - Seed Stratification: Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/1766971539555-V7NJ5VNVI2YRJ7D7FG6O/Untitled+design+-+11.PNG Learning - Seed Stratification: Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/1766971547823-0WUEGO2HLJ4KO7TW9KPX/Untitled+design+-+6.PNG Learning - Seed Stratification: Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/1766971540214-VBRSLX4P8LADX5O6DOT5/Untitled+design+-+5.PNG Learning - Seed Stratification: Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/1766971557555-CZ4OPPEUVL9EO26RYL11/Untitled+design+-+9.PNG Learning - Seed Stratification: Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/1766971560881-UPUACMZEK34MM256LUTT/Untitled+design+-+10.PNG Learning - Seed Stratification: Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/61976e8d-c2d6-4a22-a46e-38dc21954e56/Untitled+design+82.png Learning - Seed Stratification: Part I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/3fb52b57-d7b7-4dc3-aa6a-40b569e71950/Untitled+design+81.png Learning - Seed Stratification: Part I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/8e79a97d-1338-46ee-b394-2fbd15dcca18/Untitled+design+83.png Learning - Seed Stratification: Part I - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://themiddlegarden.com/learning/2025/11/17/seedline-id-3-nigella monthly 0.5 2025-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59c34b5b18b27d0daca3066c/3e0dcca0-ae25-4bb9-a973-cb7ae39e5052/Untitled+design+43.PNG Learning - Seedling ID #3: Nigella (Love in a Mist) Sowing Difficulty Meter: 2/10 - Newly emerged Nigella seedlings. 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