by NE Seed | Feb 24, 2021 | Growing Guides
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...
by NE Seed | Feb 15, 2021 | Growing Guides
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...
by NE Seed | Feb 13, 2021 | Growing Guides
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...
by NE Seed | Jan 31, 2021 | Growing Guides
…. 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...