Oh My Mini Garden Goodness! 

Happy Summer, !

I hope this finds you enjoying your hobby of gardening in miniature - or planning to. I spent this past week taking advantage of the stellar-weather here in Seattle (for a change!) and made time to get out in the garden and enjoy it. I'm worn-out, cut, scraped, sore and smelly - but it's highly recommended! 

I hope you're in a position to indulge in some mini garden goodness too. It's therapy and you get miniature gardens! :o)

Today's Tip: 
 

I've been building a new section about weeding for the Miniature Garden Society now that I've figured out how to grow an in-ground garden that is actually fun and easy to maintain. (I spent years fighting it! Years, I say! Lol!) 

One of the main things that I discovered - that is critical when gardening in miniature - is what to do when your ground covers start really covering ground and growing into each other. If you leave the more-aggressive plants to grow-over your other bedding plants and into your trees, it'll prevent light and air getting through and eventually kill whatever is underneath. 

What to do? Start pinching back the most aggressive plants first from your more-delicate plants and your trees/shrubs. Here's how:

For "mini bedding plants" that grow stems along the ground, like Sedum lydium, I like to take it one stem at a time, pull it up gently to see where to cut it first. You can trim the stem right-back the base of the plant, or snip it just above a set of leaves. Where to cut will depend upon what you're uncovering.  

For "mini bedding plants" that are smaller-leafed and grow in a mound of foliage, like the Creeping Thyme, you can "feather" it like a hair-cut and trim the tiny individual branches back to look natural. OR cut it it along the patio or path's edge sharply, to form the world's cutest miniature hedge. (You can always experiment at the back-side of the plant to see how it'll look before you cut.)

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Whatever you do, make it fun,

A BIG miniature garden "Thank You!" to Joan in AZ
 for your cup of coffee! 
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Have fun setting up little scenes in between your full-sized plants. You can use your leftover "miniature flagstones" or a re-used patio made with our Mini Patio Mix nestled into the soil as a base, and build from there. Remember you can use miniature "boulders" to fill-in any gaps between the plants, or to balance the scene. 

Above: the tiny leafed ground cover in front of the patio, almost center, is Red Thyme. The limey-green Angelina Sedum in the back is from our Sedum Cuttings. The big rosettes are Hens and Chicks and that is a dwarf Spruce in the very back.

That Miniature Fern Trellis is a fun new addition this week. See all of the "varieties" here.
 

New and Back in Stock Items this Month!

Click the pics below to see more in the store:

The Miniature Garden Society:
Growing the hobby together.

I'm updating the weeding section, let me know your questions!

I saw the web inside of that wee pot and thought, "Cute!" and to leave it be. BUT I have a LOT of birds around my gardens so it may not be a good idea. We had a "robbin' robin" steal a mini pot before and, I'm sure if it's got a yummy bug in it, it'll be even MORE tempting? Maybe?? 

(Honestly. You just can't find this kind of reporting any where else! 😅) 

Take a little stick and scoop-out the web and you'll get your pot back. The pot is part of set, see it here.  See the pedestal here - and you can literally put your own spin on it! 

"Plants are my soil mates."

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