Seeds Blog

You may have seen our retail store, but very few see what happens behind the scenes.  Here is your sneak peak!  We package the Rohrer labeled seeds in house and our mail-order department is crazy busy this time of year!...

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 –...

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...

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...

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...

I have been reading Carol Deppe’s book, “The Resilient Gardener, Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times”. She brings out the reality of the garden – “My Garden needed to be designed around the reality that life has its ups...

Not everyone has room for the seed starting setup in their house – the grow lights, the stand, the fan, etc. I am one of those people. So now I buy my tomato and pepper plants from a local farm....