planting
The best day to plant your garden, is a warm sunny day with rain forcasted for the next day. Be sure to pre-soak your seeds, or wet your sprouted seeds or your transplanted seedling. They should go into a nice warm damp home. And they should be mist watered soon. And you should have all [...]
sprouting part 2
After our seeds have soaked for awhile, drain the water. Our homemade draining lid should make things real easy. Pour out the water, and refill and pour out again. This is rinsing. After your seeds are well rinsed, pour out as much water as you can get out, then place your jar in a dark [...]
sprouting part 1
Learning to sprout seeds is worth while even if you don’t garden. With sprouting you can have fresh green goodness anytime. The easiest way I have found is this. Get a quart canning jar. A ring for the top. A plastic needlepoint round form you will find in your craft section of a superstore or [...]
when to plant
The old timers around here say to never plant before Mother’s Day. Yet by a week after Mother’s Day they have tomato plants 14 inches tall. Starting your seeds early gives you that head start. We use that well aged compost as a planting medium. Sound fancy huh? What that means is you take some [...]
what to plant?
When choosing the best things to plant it does you well to talk to local folks. If they sell it at your local co-op it is because it grows in your area. Now that doesn’t mean nothing else will, but I wouldn’t invest in a pound of seeds for something exotic. In these days though [...]
