Tomatoes from Seed to Sauce – Part 2 – How to Choose a Tomato Variety
It has been said that the best garden advice is from ‘over a garden fence’; in other words, from other gardeners. Ask your neighbors, friends and local farmers the names of the varieties they like best. Ultimately taste should be the deciding factor, but there are...
Tomatoes From Seed to Sauce – Part 1 – History – The Love Apple’s Starting Point
Those big red round tomatoes many cherish in their gardens today aren’t like their ancestors from the Andes region of South America. Early tomato plants probably produced small yellow/orange fruit on long rangy vines that were part of the diet of the native Aztec...
Square-Foot Garden in Milk Crates!
In 1976, Mel Barthomew introduced us to his method of gardening:intensive, space saving, raised bed, no weeding in one square foot! Since then many gardeners have embraced the method and tweaked it to their own area. A great option is to reuse milk crates as the...Successful Seed Starting – What to Plant and When
Direct seeding or transplanting by soil temperature is much more dependable than a date or counting back from the ‘frost free’ date in your area. Published ‘frost free dates’ are based on the average last (or first) date that the temperature is expected to fall below...The Fuss About Frost Dates
Many seed packets say to wait until “all danger of frost has past” before you plant. It’s hard to know when there will be a frost or when the last frost has happened for any given year. Don’t rely entirely on “frost-free” dates that are published by the USDA. The USDA...Seed Sowing by Soil Temperature
Seeds react to the soil and water that they are in contact with, not the air above the soil. Just like people, some seeds like it cold, some like it hot. Some like to hide in the dark, some prefer to bask in the light. All seeds have a preference. To be successful...
Direct Seeded Flowers
Some flowers just do better when their seeds are planted in the garden. It may be that they develop a root system that doesn’t transplant well or that they need the soil to be a certain temperature to germinate. There are also flowers that people like to plant a lot...Starting From Seed – The Inside Scoop – Seed Starting inside
First of all, not all seeds should be started inside, in fact many seeds prefer being directly planted into the garden where they are to grow for their complete life-cycle. So, before you get too carried away, plan your entire garden and think SMALL! Just like a...
Come away, and play in the garden with me!
…. It was 30 years ago this year …. he had spent the previous spring helping Uncle Gubby in the greenhouse and playing in the garden with me. Now he wanted to have a garden of his own! He made that declaration in the fall, and I truly didn’t think this new interest of...Click Here to Download or Request Our Free Growers Seed Catalog
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