All plants start with the seed, and to get your vegetable garden going seeds are a great way to see the process of vegetable growing from beginning to end. Because it is inexpensive you can try a variety of different seeds and experiment a little!
You can grow almost anything from seeds. It's easy to get going, your kids will have fun growing them with you, and you save money and carbon!
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No-Fail Annual Flowers
posted on 03/04/10. 0 comments
Drifts of blooms that flower easily and without fail can be a simple look to achieve in any garden, especially when you start with blossoms that, as Kris Reisdorf, annual gardener extraordinaire of Racine, Wisconsin, puts it, "just keep on giving and giving." Her favorite flowers include the short and the tall, the bright and the blushing. All are perfect for bouquets.
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A Flower Garden From Seed
posted on 03/04/10. 0 comments
In Racine, Wisconsin, the growing season is short, but gardeners like Kris Reisdorf make the most of summer's long, sultry days with lush annual plantings. The front yard of her home on the north shore of Lake Michigan sprouts a living tapestry in broad-sweeping beds brimming with ready-made bouquets of floral beauties. The best part of her showstopping garden is that it's all easily grown from seed.
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when to start, and with what??
posted on 03/07/10. 2 answers
Based on Steve Solomon's `Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades' and `The Maritime Northwest Garden Guide' from Seattle Tilth, I think I'm ready to order seeds and start sowing spinach, bulb onions and maybe a few potatoes, plus some flowers. Is i
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Varieties specific for Pacific Northwest
posted on 03/04/10. 3 answers
Howdy! I want to grow radishes, carrots and peppers in the garden bed- do you guys know of a specific variety of any of these that are good for the PNW?
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Upside Down Tomato Growing methods
posted on 02/16/10. 3 answers
I've seen those hanging pots that allow tomato plants to grow down and without the cages.
Does it work? Pros vs. Cons?
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Designing with Annuals
posted on 03/04/10. 0 comments
When planting her front yard floral extravaganza, Racine, Wisconsin, gardener Kris Reisdorf paints a picture with annuals that's every bit as enchanting as a traditional perennial border. "I aim to create a garden that looks old-fashioned and has lots of wonderful things to pick from for making bouquets," she admits. And while the look appears wholly unstructured, there is a definite plan. Learn her secrets-and then sow your own patch of blooming nostalgic beauty.
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