Varieties for Container Planting
More and more homeowners are enjoying growing their own vegetables. For many people, if they don’t have the room for a large garden, growing in containers is the answer! A container can be as small as a 6” pot (for a single basil plant), or as large as a 4’x8’ raise...A “PATH” to a Great Garden
Remember four words: Patience —Activity—Tolerance—Harvest These four steps will help prepare YOU and your garden for a spectacular show and harvest this year. The timeline for PATH (patience-activity-tolerance-harvest) is primarily March through July 4th (the harvest...
Hot Pepper Growing Know How
As with many vegetable types, there are 100’s of hot peppers to choose from. From lava hot ‘Carolina Reaper’ to just a touch of heat ‘Paprika’. And their colors and shapes vary as much as their heat. All ‘hot’ peppers have two things in common: 1.The amount of...
Tomatoes – From Seed to Sauce Part 8 – Supports – Hold Me Up
Tomatoes are true vines, and if allowed, can travel many feet from where they are planted. Most tomatoes are grown vertically for good reasons; they take up less garden space, are less prone to disease and are easier to harvest. But they need support to grow up rather...
Tomatoes – Seed to Sauce Part 7 – Hardening Off & Planting – It’s a Process
The last frost has past, the days are longer and sunny, the soil is warm, and it’s time to move your tomato plants out into the garden. With all the care, preparation and ‘training’ your plants have received, they’re still not ready. Mother Nature can be very hard on...
Please Plant the Peas
There’s something special about maintaining a gardening tradition. Most garden customs, even if they are steeped in legend, have a good reason for the practice. Maybe your grandmother planted flowers around her vegetables. Flowers planted in with the vegetables will...
Tomatoes From Seed to Sauce – Part 6 – Thinning and Transplanting
If more than one tomato seed germinates in a single soil cell, you have 2 choices. You can try to ‘prick out’ the seedlings, transplanting them into separate soil cells when they are still small or you can thin out the smallest seedlings leaving the healthiest one. It...
Tomatoes – From Seed to Sauce Part 5 – What’s Wrong With My Tomato Plant – Problems to Watch for Now and Later.
What’s wrong with my plant? Trying to figure that out can be challenging. Here are a few common issues you might run into, their causes and ways to correct the problem. Germination and the early growth stages: These issues can happen when you first plant seeds inside,...
Tomatoes From Seed to Sauce – Part 4 – Time to Plant!
Starting tomato seeds inside is much the same as starting any other seed. Why do we do it at all? Often, it’s to get a head start on the season or if the growing season is too short to get any tomatoes before a fall frost. Sometimes you just want that variety that...Click Here to Download or Request Our Free Growers Seed Catalog
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Most of our seeds, with the exception of our retail packets, are sent to you in moisture resistant re-closable bags. Each bag is sized for the amount of seed inside and can keep the seed safe year after year with proper storage.
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