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  • Uncommonly Good Vegetables
    March 30, 2016

    Uncommonly Good Vegetables

    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...

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  • 10 Great Pollinator Plants You Can Grow from Seed
    September 1, 2015

    10 Great Pollinator Plants You Can Grow from Seed

    1.  Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), perennial: Bumblebees are frequent visitors to coneflowers, and you'll see plenty of other pollinators, including honeybees, butterflies, moths, beetles, and flies. Plant coneflowers in full sun. Birds love the seeds. 2.  Milkweed (Asclepias sp.), perennial and...

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  • Pepper Trials 2015
    August 31, 2015

    Pepper Trials 2015

    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.  ...

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  • Carrot Trials 2015
    August 14, 2015

    Carrot Trials 2015

    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...

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  • What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been.....
    June 1, 2015

    What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been.....

    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...

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  • Thank Your Local Pollinator
    April 30, 2015

    Thank Your Local Pollinator

    No Pollinators = No Food This may sounds harsh, but it is our current reality.  A few weeks back a news headline read "tractor trailer load of honeybees topples".  In February the federal government pledged over 3 million dollars to...

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  • Seed Packing 101
    February 4, 2015

    Seed Packing 101

    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!...

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  • Grow Your Own Princess Popcorn
    December 17, 2014

    Grow Your Own Princess Popcorn

    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...

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