Starting Seeds Indoors
Starting seeds indoors can be a fun way to garden while the weather is still cold and dreary. If you are a beginner, skip this step and just buy your plants! Supplies: Your garden...
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Companion Planting
Choosing what to plant together for the happiest, healthiest garden is called “companion planting.” Companion planting is the practice of growing plants next to each other for mutual benefit. This can happen because a...
Starting Seeds Indoors (Update)
Since I posted about this last year, I have improved my methods and wanted to share! Supplies: Seeds Peat pots (Jiffy size 3) Potting soil Bucket (the size you’d use for mopping) Labels (I...
What is YOUR color?
The Struggle Trying to explain when to prepare your garden, start seeds inside, and plant outside is so confusing! That is because the timing is different for each location. When to plant is all...
Planting and Transplanting
Planting Seeds Here’s what you’ll need: Packets of seeds (I prefer to cut the corner of mine, and have them all upright in a tupperware) Pencil Garden plan Watering can Before you even walk...
Starting Seeds Indoors
Whether you’ve got the winter blues and growing seeds helps you feel better, or you want to save a little money, starting seeds indoors can be fun. It can also be annoying, time consuming,...
Suggested Plant Varieties (by State)
Alaska Interior, Alaska Southeast, Alaska Southcentral Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana Nebraska New Jersey New Mexico North Carolina Ohio...
Buying Seeds and Plants
I will admit, when it comes to buying seeds and plants I’m not that fancy. I haven’t yet ventured into the world of catalogs and heirloom seeds. I have gotten my seeds from several...
Square Foot Gardening Plant Spacing
To calculate how many plants per square, look on the back of the seed packet–totally ignore the row spacing, just look at the plant spacing: 12″ apart, plant 1 per square 6″ apart, plant...
