Seeds Blog

If you read gardening blogs (you’re reading this one, so that’s good!), you have probably seen posts about gardening in small spaces. My question to most of them is – are you for real? Yes, they are beautiful – but...

This year we planted eleven different varieties of beets, ranging in color from red, to yellow, to white (even striped). We used two different fertilizers on the beets – Garden Tone and HYRBRIX (vegetable). There were no major advantages of...

This was a press release from Home Garden Seed Association (www.EZfromseed.org) – lots of great information.1. What is an heirloom seed variety?The definition: Simply put, an heirloom is an Open Pollinated (see explanation of OP) variety that has been in...

So many seeds, so little time – so where do you begin?  First you need to understand the language. Heirloom.  You see this term in magazine articles, blog posts, seed catalogs – so why is it important?  Heirloom seeds are...

Last week in Central Pennsylvania we experienced our first substantial snow since October. I can’t speak for everyone, but that was enough winter for me and I am ready for spring. Ah, spring – daffodils emerging as the soil warms,...