Seedling Bench

Its spring and I am getting the itch to get things rolling for this growing season!


After taking a 2 year hiatus from starting plants from seed, I am going full force, and what better to mark the occasion than with a brand new, hand built seedling bench!

tools to cut the front rails, side rails, and legs...

a KREG pocket hole jig to serve as the joinery method (I really love this system and I use it extensively in my other passion, woodworking)...

special KREG drill bit to make the pocket holes...

the drilled holes...

all the pieces after drilling 2 holes on each end of the rails...

this will be a 3 tier seedling bench and this is one side assembled with the screws...

almost fully assembled, but I forgot how to add so I only had enough lumber for 6 front and side rails and I needed 8, so this is it until I can get more tomorrow...

Thinking about native species

Spring is here!


The trees are budding and the greenery is poking through the cold wet dirt... ah, spring is here!


Over the winter I have been thinking about what I need and want to do this year... it's a long list and will take a lot of effort and planning to execute, but it will be worth it.


Besides all the transplanting and garden reorganizing that I need to finish from last years efforts, I want to add some new native species to my garden, and also start a new native rehabilitation project at a near by conservation area.


more to follow soon...

Xeriscape additions

This is what i added in the fall:

• 3 x Dense Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)
• 2 x Green Coneflower (Rudbeckia nitida or Rudbeckia laciniata 'Herbstonne' or 'Autumn Sun')
• 4 x Dwarf Fountain Grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln')