Microgreens – Grow Your Own!
If you’ve never grown microgreens such as culinary herbs, edible flowers, baby lettuce or specialty greens, you really should, because they are a great way to garden year round. Microgreens are a...
View ArticleHow To Start Cool Fall Crops During Warm Summer Days
The best time to start fall crops is in late summer for a late fall harvest. The problem however, is that the soil and the daytime temperatures can sometimes still be so warm that it can be hard to get...
View ArticleWhen To Start Vegetable Seeds Indoors
Many gardeners like to get a start on their spring garden by sowing seeds indoors. This is great, but if you start them too early, you can hurt your chances of success. Since most people don’t have...
View ArticleWhen To Start Flower Seeds Indoors
Winter is still very much here, but as we discussed last week, you can get ready for spring planting soon. The key however, is to start your indoor seeds on time. The problem is that most gardeners...
View ArticleWhen To Start Herb Seeds Indoors Gardening Tip
This week finishes up our three-part series on starting vegetable, flower and herb seeds indoors. This is an important topic, because if you start seeds too early, you can hurt your chances of success....
View ArticleWhen Do I Plant These Vegetable Seeds?
Figuring out when to plant a particular vegetable seed can be frustrating. Seed catalogs give the number of days to harvest, but not exactly when to plant the seeds. That date varies with your...
View ArticleHow to Grow Basil from Seed
Nothing beats the smell of fresh basil growing in the garden. While I have always been an avid gardener, I never really thought of growing basil from seed. I either started my basil from cuttings or...
View ArticleHow to Grow Flowering Kale
Flowering or ornamental kale is a fall staple. It looks great when planted with traditional fall flowers, which includes mums and pansies. While you can go out and buy four packs of this annual, why...
View ArticleHow to Grow Impatiens from Seed
Impatienses are easy to grow from seed but as the name implies, it will take some time. As a matter of fact, it will take 3 months for the seeds to grow before they are ready to plant. While this is...
View ArticleHow to Start Buddleja from Seed
Buddleja or butterfly bush is an easy bush to start from seed but prior to doing this you will need to harvest the seed. To do this, one will need to cut off the spent blooms in the fall and place in...
View ArticleHow to Grow Chia Seeds
Did you know that chia seeds are easy to grow beyond the clay heads? Well, they are and they are healthy too. To begin the planting process, you will first come up with your planting medium. This can...
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