It’s that time of year. The time when our seed packets, warm weather, or both have arrived and we can get to growing. But it’s always cheaper to grow things from seeds than it is to buy plants at the garden center. You can get many plants for less than $2 or pay that amount for only one specimen. If you’re worried about making a mess of it, here are some tips that will help. Read More
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Starting Seedlings Outside and Get Your Garden Groove On!
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