When planting onions, you have 3 options–seeds, sets, and transplants. For most areas, planting seeds outside does not work very well. If you live in a climate that is temperate year-round, go for it! Otherwise, try one of the following options.
Onion sets can be purchased at many garden stores, nurseries, and online. They look like a [...]

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I ran into a dilemma as I considered including photos of myself on this blog. You see, I almost NEVER look good when I garden. In this picture, I hadn’t showered for two days. Why shower and put on cute clothes when you’re about to go spread manure around?
Typically, I wear a bandana to keep [...]

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According to Mel’s All New Square Foot Gardening book, peas should be planted 5 weeks before the last frost date. A friend of mine heard you could plant anytime after President’s day (end of February). However, the reference sheet for growing peas (from the Utah State Extension) says to plant as soon as soil temperatures [...]

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Here it is–my 2009 SFG garden plan (click on the picture to see a bigger version). I have 5 garden beds altogether–four that are 4×4, and one that is 4×8. One of the things I am doing this year is to plant all my spring veggies on the West fence. That way it will receive [...]

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So you know you’ve officially become a gardening person when you can stand in the seed aisle at Wal-Mart for over 30 minutes, and still not decided what to get!
After working on my garden plan (post coming soon!) I determined what new plant varieties I wanted to try this year. New to my garden will [...]

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