Les Saints de Glace just in time for the Ascension weekend!
Seeing the colors, the varieties and amazing selection of seed packages and seedling plants at nearby garden centers and supermarkets, who wouldn't want to start a little garden plot? Maybe you could just start with 3 pots to get the hang of it instead of planting in full ground. With Mother's Day this coming Sunday, 12 May 2024, a gift filled with a thoughful collection of seed packets, a tomato seedling, some potting soil, gardening gloves, and a garden tool would surely win you some points!
Some annuals are best seeded directly in the garden in spring whereas some can be nurtured in little starter plug pots and then transferred outdoors once the freezing temperatures have finished. Side note on this subject, known in French as Saint de Glace, here is an excerpt from the latest Know-it-all passport®:
As we have had some unpredictable weather in the last weeks, with one weekend reaching 27ºC then followed by freezing temperatures, one has to pay attention to these wise words from history: Avant St, Servais, point d'été. Après St. Servais, plus de gelée (Before St. Servais, no spring. After St. Servais, no more frost).
WHAT TO DO emails
Click here to view Lisa's "Picks of the Week", published every Monday morning in her WHAT TO DO emails.
Click here to add your name to Lisa's mailing list.
Our latest blog entries
Check out the latest blog entries on our website here.
We are currently building up this section of the site, so please contact us if you would like to become a knowitall.ch blogger!
Our partners
Click here to find out more about knowitall.ch partners:
— Airbnb
— Alzheimer's Association of Switzerland
— Cirieco Design
— Follow Lisa
— Junking Excursions
— Know-it-all Marketplace
— Living in Nyon
— UrbWorks
— Vintage Plate Jewelry