I just started to plant my fall vegetables. I planted broccoli, cauliflower, and brussels sprouts. In a couple of weeks I will be planting peas, carrots, lettuce, and spinach. Where I live, and this applies to most climates, Fall is the best time to harvest these cool season vegetables. By maturing in the cool Fall [...]

I have written alot of posts on starting seeds indoors, but many vegetables should be directly seeded into your garden. Here is a short list of those that should be direct seeded.

Carrots
Beets
Melons
Squash
Beans
Peas
Cucumbers
And more

This doesn’t mean you cannot start them indoors, it just means that they either do better with direct seed or there are not [...]

If you started your seeds indoors you will want to harden them off before planting outdoors. By doing this you will avoid transplant shock and give your starts the best chance of success. Watch the video below to learn how to harden off your starts.

For more information on seed starting indoors check out the seed [...]

Here is a culmination of seed starting tips and tricks, how to’s and do’s and don’ts from a class I taught recently. Hopefully this will help you in your efforts. If you have never started seeds indoors then you must watch this video.

For more information on starting seeds indoors go to my seed starting feed.

One of the essential elements of growing seeds indoors is light. Your seeds cannot get enough light sitting on a window, therefore, you must provide artificial light. Learn how to give your seeds the light they need in the video below.

For a copy of the plans for light stands click the links below
Small light stand
Large [...]

In this video I discuss when to plant your vegetable seeds. An important supplement to this video is the planting chart that I put together. All you have to do is to enter your frost free date and the chart will calculate when you should plant. Click the link below for the planting guide.
VegeNag planting [...]

Learn how to determine your planting dates by learning about frost free dates.

To get your frost free date chart, go to the National Weather Service website. For more information on planting dates go to the planting guides category.

After pouring through 10+ seed catalogs, I have determined what I will order and from who. I make this post to give you an idea of things that you should consider when planning your garden.
First, do it early. Seed growers only have a certain amount of seeds and when they run out they can’t produce [...]

I have been receiving most of my seed catalogs over the past few weeks and I received one I have never seen. I went to their website last year after a friend told me about them and requested a catalog. The company is PineTree Garden Seeds.
The reason why I like their catalog so much is [...]

I have been looking forward to this day for over 5 weeks. Mainly because that is when I planted the seeds for the starts that I put out yesterday. They grew wonderfully using a simple light system (see post). Not only was I able to get an early start, but each plant cost me about [...]