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Time to start ordering seeds


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It is a new year and that means it is time to get your seeds. Make sure to order them now, even before it feels like it is time to start planting because you don’t want your favorite seed company to run out of what you want. Seed companies only have a certain amount of [...]

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Hardening off your seed starts- Video


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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 [...]

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Seed starting indoors-Video added


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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 [...]

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New favorite seed catalog


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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 [...]

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First two leaves dying on a new seed start…Is this bad?


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My wife called me while I was on a business trip asking if our seed starts were dying. She said that two of the leaves were turning yellow and dying. It looked like this. I told her not to worry and you shouldn’t either. Those are called cotyledons or seed leaves. Those two leaves that are [...]

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