Krissy Grows

Krissy Grows šŸŒ¼ I help new gardeners grow from seed.
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10/21/2026

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10/20/2026

Part 1 of Seed Saving 101

There are so many seeds available in your garden at the end of the season to save for next season and to share with friends.

Once you know what to look for, you'll never buy the seeds for these again.

One thing to keep in mind is that a hybrid variety will not give you traits that are true to the parent plant.

You want to save seeds from heirloom varieties to keep the traits going into next season.

Have you ever saved seeds? What is the easiest plant you have saved seeds from?

Don't forget to watch part 2!

10/20/2026

Part 2 - Seed Saving so you don't have to keep buying the same seed packets over and over.

I hope you enjoyed part one but if you haven't, go watch that one!

These are just a few examples of things that you can find seeds for easily and I believe once you know what you are looking for, you'll be able to spot seeds anywhere and everywhere.

What are you planning on saving seeds from this year?

10/18/2026

Before buying another plant like basil or mint, I should probably remember that I can propagate more for free!

Just cut a healthy stem below a leaf node, remove the lower leaves and pop it into water. Once it grows roots, you have another plant ready for the garden.

I found the reminder while reading the Thrifty Gardening article in Gardening Nation, and now Iā€™m walking around looking at everything I grow like, ā€œCan I make more of you too?ā€

Gardening Nation is an actual printed newspaper made for gardeners, with a new issue sent in the mail every month.

If you want to read it too, you can get your first month free with code KRISSY10. They have monthly and annual subscriptions, and the link is in my bio!

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10/18/2026

I started a few seeds and somehow two hours disappeared. The trays got watered. I did not. šŸ˜‚

10/15/2026

Two weeks into this slightly crazy greenhouse challenge, and Iā€™m honestly blown away.

If youā€™re new here, I decided to try to earn $1,500 for a greenhouse by selling things I could grow, gather or make instead of putting it on a credit card.

So far, Iā€™ve brought in $1,271 in sales from insulated Mason jar cups, reusable snack bags, elderberry syrup, fire c***r and handmade harvest baskets, plus a few incredibly kind tips and donations. After subtracting the cost of materials and supplies, I officially have $815 set aside for the greenhouse.

That means Iā€™m only $185 away from being able to order it!

The remaining $500 will help pay for the foundation and everything needed to actually put it up while we prepare the site.

When I started, I was nervous to even say the $1,500 goal out loud because it felt like such a big number. What I completely underestimated was how many people would want to help me make it happen.

Thank you for every order, share, encouraging comment and ā€œkeep going.ā€ This is starting to feel very real.

If you'd like to help me reach my goal, the link to all the items is right here
https://krissygrows.com/collections/handmade-homemade

10/14/2026

I've never passed up a visit to the seed section at any nursery or hardware store. Iā€™m usually thinking a season or two ahead when I shop for seeds.

Right now Iā€™m looking at what I want to grow next spring while the seed racks are still full and I can take my time looking through the varieties.

Because I know what happens when we get that first warm day in March. Everybody remembers they want a garden, heads out to buy seeds, and suddenly the variety I had my eye on is gone.

You donā€™t have to plant everything you buy right away. Iā€™ll keep these packets somewhere cool and dry, then pull them out when itā€™s time to start planning and sowing.

Is there a variety youā€™re hoping to grow next season?

10/13/2026

Iā€™ve got three rounds of broccoli going right now, all started a few weeks apart. The first ones are getting pretty big, the next group is catching up, and the last ones are still little.

I do this because I want broccoli for more than one week. If I start the whole packet at once, thereā€™s a good chance itā€™ll all be ready at once too. Iā€™d rather cut a few heads with more coming along behind them.

It also gives me a little room to be wrong about the weather. Here in Southern California, Iā€™m trying to get my fall plants growing while we still have plenty of daylight but I never know when weā€™re going to get another stretch of heat. If that happens while the broccoli is making heads, they might start opening up and flowering before they get as big as Iā€™d hoped. So I start a few plants, wait a couple weeks, and start a few more.

Thatā€™s all succession sowing means. Iā€™m spreading out my chances of getting a good harvest.

If youā€™re trying to figure out what to start and when to plant it, stick around and follow Krissy Grows to learn more.

10/12/2026

It's time to plant my fall starts but before I put new plants in a bed, I need to do a few things.

First I clear out whatā€™s finished, pull the weeds, and add compost if the soil needs it. Then I check my drip lines, because finding out a new transplant isnā€™t getting water after Iā€™ve already planted it is a lesson I only need to learn so many times.

I give the bed a good watering, put the new plants in, and check that the water is actually reaching each one.

Itā€™s not the exciting part of planting a fall garden, but it makes the exciting part go a whole lot smoother.

Whatā€™s the garden job you always wish youā€™d done before planting?

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