When there is snow on the ground in most parts of the country and holiday travelers are fretting over delayed flights, most gardening periodicals and blogs choose to tell us that we should get a head start on our summer gardens by going ahead and buying our seeds. After all, we only have another couple of months before they are supposed to be planted! Like it says on most of the packages we don’t bother to glance at until the spring of the year: “Start your seeds eight to ten weeks before your frost-free date, for best results.” Wait…what?!? Yes, I know. For some of us, that long passed date would have taken place in February and it’s already April! No worries, though, particularly if you’re in an area that has a long growing season. Read on for some great tips on starting seedlings outside, and why you might want to do that over starting seedling indoors. Read More
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Seed Starting Indoors – A Money Saving Idea
It’s the time of the year when avid gardeners everywhere start organizing their seed collections and begin attempting to get everything lined up for the upcoming growing season. The only trouble is that in most parts of the United States, the cold weather hasn’t gone away just yet. This is especially true this year when the city of Savannah, Georgia has had temperatures lower than those found in Inverness, Scotland on the same days on more than one occasion. I am not kidding when I say Florida is looking good. And, since not everyone has a geodesic dome greenhouse, it’s time to get your summer lineup underway if you haven’t already. Read More