Exactly as the title says — this is an easy and foolproof guide to starting seeds indoors. Whether you have a dedicated vegetable bed in your backyard, or a cluster of containers…
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Garden of Eatin', Seeds & SeedlingsHow to Use Days to Maturity on a Seed Packet to Help You Be a Better Gardener
I remember the first time I bought seeds for my garden. They were tomatoes, and the packet read “75 days to maturity.” Great! I thought. If I start them in March, I’ll…
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Garden of Eatin', How-To, Seeds & SeedlingsStarting Seeds in Eggshells… Cute and Yes, Even Practical
You can start seeds in almost anything these days… peat pots, seed trays, toilet paper rolls, newspaper rolls, paper towels, or even that good old-fashioned thing called the ground. But have you…
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If you like to give your seeds a head start on the season by sprouting them on a sunny windowsill, you may be wondering right about now: why are they so spindly…
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I started my first seeds of the season last week — tomatoes, my favorite summer crop. I like to give them a head start by sowing the seeds indoors so that come…
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What I’m about to say goes against traditional wisdom that’s ingrained in nearly every gardener and written about by many a cooperative extension office, but I’m bringing it up to ask a…
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Seed catalogs are starting to fill my mailbox with the imminent arrival of spring, and they’re one of my favorite ways to pass a rainy day. Parked on the couch, marker in…
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I’m often the first to admit that there’s not much you need if you want to start from seed — just a good growing medium, sunshine, and water. But sometimes there are…
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Garden of Eatin', Seeds & SeedlingsHow Long Do Seeds Really Last? (Plus, a Cheat Sheet on Seed Storage Life)
The beginning of spring usually sees me sprawled in the middle of the living room floor, with all my ammo boxes, laying out rows and rows of seed packets sorted by vegetable,…
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I love to grow my own food. And what I love most about planting, harvesting, and cooking all that food is knowing every vegetable that lands on my plate has a story…