For gardeners, starting seeds indoors offers both cost savings and a deeply satisfying way to nurture plants from the very…
Category: Winter Gardening
All about…Broccoli
True story- last December I harvested Broccoli, in the snow, for Christmas Eve dinner. It was my second year of…
Seed Starting with Gurney’s
As the first snows dust the ground and I pull the last of my harvest from the ground- a stray…
What is a cover crop – and how is it beneficial to your garden?
One of the number one things I don’t like to do is prepare my garden, buying nutrients and soil, tiling…
Hardening Off Seed-Grown Plants in the Spring
You’ve your seeds sprout, grow true leaves and get taller. In your controlled environment, your seedlings have enjoyed a relatively stress-free life, protected from the heat, cold, wind and rain. Without elemental exposure, your little seedlings lack the hardiness to be successfully transplanted; but you can change all that by starting the hardening-off process on your own.