Seeds Blog

By this time of year most gardeners have planned and re-planned (and, possibly re-re-planned) their vegetable gardens for the season.  Every square foot has been designated for your vegetables of choice.  However, if, like me, you find yourself with a...

This season we included peppers in our trials - mainly because one of our old standard bell peppers is soon to be discontinued.  In hopes of finding a suitable replacement, we planted out 11 varieties of sweet bell peppers.  ...

Every year we trial a different group of plants.  This was the year of the carrot.  I know, once you had one carrot your have had them all.  We found this is not true at all!   All carrots were...

Spring that is.  Whether you accept global warming, or not, we are in the midst of a weird spring!  Temperature highs in the 50's and 60's one day, then 80's and higher the next.  A farmer friend shared that he...

I must admit, there are some aspects to gardening I never pay much attention to.  Tomato growth habits fall in this category.  Pick a pretty or yummy tomato variety, stick it in the ground, cage it and forget it.  While...

My daughter is half tomboy and half princess, she is either one extreme or the other. Needless to say, we have many “pink” accessories. So while shopping with her in the retail store (yes, we have a store – check...

I like to think outside the box.  I am also a lazy gardener.  When you put those two factors together, interesting ideas can happen.  I have been looking into co-ops for “professional” farmers lately and wondered – why can’t we...

Many people ask me about gardening in small city lots or town home lots.  They always ask about compact varieties of this or that, which is good, but that’s just the beginning.  Successful small-scale gardening relies on one thing –...

I have been trying to cut back on my tomato production. Last year I had 24 plants, this year only 12. I have discovered 6 is probably my magic number.Tomato #1 died early due to something eating it.Tomato #2-5 have...