Welcome

Gardening is my hobby.  I do not claim to be a professional or a master gardener.
The information on my webpages is from my personal gardening experience.
I live in zone 5b Canada

Website design and photos © by Crafty Gardener
craftygardener.ca established March 2004
Updated August 2006

Gardening - it soothes your soul, but makes your back and muscles ache. ©Crafty Gardener

~  Crafty Gardener's garden projects ~ hosepipe wreath garden twirlers wind chimes ~ watch for a new twirler pattern coming soon ~ marbles and wire ornaments window danglers mosaic stepping stones   living picture living wreath   toad abode fish mobile gnome home          mini gazing ball plant poke a gazing ball   a teacup feeder tipsy pots  retired tools grape vine obelisk flower press - so you can preserve your flowers bootrack - to store those muddy boots          I belong to our local Freecyle group and have acquired many items that have been turned into garden art. If you haven't tried the Freecycle network, check it out and find a group in your area. Old items made into "garden architecture" wheelbarrow planter boot planters tea thyme planters recycled containers old mailboxes - made into feeders step ladder planter I created my own version of an Inukshuk from some old bricks left over from a brick pathway.

~ Crafty Gardener's needlework ideas ~ braided coathangers covered coathangers crochet covered coathangers pot holder towel towel holder ring knitted sachets stress bag a round tuit Guiding coaster Guiding keychain Guiding bookmark   Survival Kits fun to make and give   make a rainbow a weather forecaster a mini flyswatter   friendship tea a grocery bag holder  water bottle cover stitch a trillium coaster   It's never too early to start Christmas crafting

~ Country Roads Garden enjoyment ~ Find out about ladybugs and how they can help your garden. See the bluejays pick up their "peanut mail". Lots of birds visit the summer garden.   Grow some upside down tomatoes. Companion gardening What plants will help keep the bugs away? Read a collection of thoughts and sayings. Relief for sore, aching muscles after a hard day in the garden. Composting - a wonderful way to get more soil for the garden. Don't forget a survival kit for the gardener you know. Friends are the flowers in the garden of life.   There was plenty of snow to make lots of snowpeople.   Lots of birds visit our  winter garden. Winter pot   Gardeners know all the best dirt!

~ Plant profiles, seed pods, seeds ~   Many of the plants have printable seed packets and/or seed labels. Saving seeds and seedpods will give you many seeds to plant in your garden next year.  Trading seeds with other gardeners provides you with new plants for the cost of a postage stamp. The pictures on these pages will help you identify various seedpods and seeds and some tuber roots from flowers.  The plants are in no particular order. Although plants need to be deadheaded to ensure continual bloom through the season you can always leave the odd flower to develop into a seedpod.  At the end of the season I leave all the flowers to dry out and produce seedpods. Be sure all seeds are dry before you package them.  Store seeds in a cool location over the winter. Some seeds need to be stored in the fridge before germination.   When mailing seeds it is best to use a bubble envelope to protect the seeds as they go through the various postal machines.   You can buy packets of 100 mini zip lock bags from dollar stores to package and send your seeds in. For a limited time I am offering free seeds to residents of Canada only.   ~ Annuals and Bienniels ~
Apple of Peru aka Shoofly	Calendula long blooming annual	Castor Bean a tall annual	Cleome tall annual
Cosmos colourful  annuals	4 o'clocks colourful annual	Godetia a very pretty annual	Hollyhocks a biennial plant
Hyacinth Bean Vine annual vine			Marigolds colourful annual plants
Money Plant a biennial plant	Morning Glory annual vines	Nasturtiums  edible annual	Petunias colourful annual
Poppy a colourful spring plant	Scarlett Runner Beans edible vine	Sunflowers tall annual	Zinnias colourful annuals
~ Perennials ~
Columbine perennial spring plant	Coreopsis long blooming perennial	Daisies the friendship flower	Daylilies beautiful blooms
Delphiniums magnificent tall plants	Echinacea purple and white	Hostas shade loving perennials	Liatris beautiful tall perennial
Lupins perennial blooms	Mallows perennial plant	Rose Campion perennial plants	Rudbekia long, lasting perennials
~ Bulbs, Tubers, Corms ~
Alliums grown from bulbs	Canna beautiful annual plants	Chives regular and garlic	Egyptian Walking Onions
	Jerusalem Artichokes see how tall it gets.	The parrot tulips  spring flowers

~ Please sign or view the guestbook. ~ Sorry for the inconvenience of not showing an email address on my website.  I was getting lots of junk emails and unwanted emails.  If you would like to contact me, please leave a message or question in my guestbook and leave a valid email address.  I will get back to you as soon as I can.  Gardening ... just another day at the plant.

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