Winter Work: Getting Your Seed Starting Started
You'll need to know a lot to ensure successful germination: whether the seeds need to be started indoors or out, whether they need light to germinate, how deep they need to be planted, and so forth. Not even the commercial seed packages give you ... [... more]
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From Seed to Bloom: How to Grow over 500 Annuals, ...
 No Vegetables what a bummer Do not purchase this book if you are looking for advice on starting vegetables, because even though veggies are annuals that bloom, they are not covered in this guide. If you prefer to reference your plants by the common names ... [... more]
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Get Your Garden Started Right: Three Invaluable References
Park's Success with Seeds, written in 1978 by Ann Reilly, discusses the growing of annual, perennial and edible plants. The first chapter, Getting Ready, discusses the different seed starting media and containers. Then it examines different ... [... more]
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Gardening With A Toddler
Then we added another child to our family. This time, we added a one-year-old and our gardening has changed. Suddenly there was little time for seed starting, seedling planting, perennial dividing, etc. I have converted one of the large annual ... [... more]
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Can You Dig It?
I'm hoping the blog will become a haven for my random, rambling, daily thoughts on O.G., a log for seed starting and plant development, plus notes on semi-related topics like birding, conservation, natural pet care ... [... more]
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Seed Starting 201, The Next Level
The outdoor garden season is over, the ground is frozen solid, we are in snow shovel mode, so why would anyone want to plant seeds now? The conventional wisdom is that you should plant them no more than four to six weeks before you can set out ... [... more]
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Advanced Seed Starting
Though the notes are helpful, you'll need a better reference if you want to try starting a variety of more difficult plants from seed. A book I use all the time, and believe no serious gardener should be without, is ... [... more]
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Seed Starting Made Easy
Where to start You can start your seeds anywhere you can set up a shelf with a light. I use a steel shelf in a cubby in my office. I've also used a closet or a table in an empty room. A lot of seeds start best at warm temperatures (70-75 F) and ... [... more]
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Advanced Seed Starting
Though the notes are helpful, you'll need a better reference if you want to try starting a variety of more difficult plants from seed. A book I use all the time, and believe no serious gardener should be without, is ... [... more]
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Seed Starting Mysteries, Taboos And Other Frustrations
This article will discuss some of the taboos, attempt to demystify several of the less difficult problems, and tell you a few of the "tricks". Most annual flowers and vegetables easily lend themselves to growing from seed. Many vegetables have . ... [... more]
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Advanced Seed Starting
Though the notes are helpful, you'll need a better reference if you want to try starting a variety of more difficult plants from seed. A book I use all the time, and believe no serious gardener should be without, is ... [... more]
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Seed Sowing and Saving: Step-by-Step Techniques for ...
Just what I needed I bought this after seeing it as one of the few books offered by Vesseys Seeds (vesseys.com). (It was listed at(money) - lucky for me I often comparison shop.) Many propagation books contain information on seed starting, but because ... [... more]
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