The Seeding Square is a simple yet ingenious color-coded seeding template that takes the guesswork out of planting seeds, ensuring that you achieve optimal plant spacing for maximum growth and yield. This handy gardening tool is perfect for gardeners of all experience levels, from seasoned green thumbs to first-time plant enthusiasts.
These Canadian seed companies offer a wide variety of seeds for your garden, including vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers. Be sure to check their individual websites for detailed product listings and shipping information. Happy gardening!
GOLDFINCH ON CONEFLOWER, PHOTO BY JESSICA KIRSTE/PROJECT FEEDERWATCHYour yard can be a feast for songbirds, even if it’s just a small urban plot! Choose your plants well, and don’t be too quick to tidy up after the blooms have faded. You’ll be helping to sustain...
We had a positive response to Seed Buying 101—A Gardener’s Glossary. Here are more answers from our expert seed breeders and marketers. What is an heirloom seed variety?The definition: Simply put, an heirloom is an Open Pollinated (see explanation of OP) variety that...
Beans, Beets, Cucumbers, Kale, Peas, Radishes, Salad Greens, Squash, Swiss Chard Most of the vegetables typically grown in a home garden can be sown directly in the garden soil. These include salad greens of all kinds—lettuces, mizuna, arugula, spinach, and...
Bachelor’s Buttons, Calendula, California Poppy, Cleome, Cosmos, Love-in-a-Mist, Marigold, Morning Glory, Nasturtium, Sunflower, Tithonia, Zinnia Some flowers are not just easy to grow from seed, they actually perform better when sown directly in the garden. They will...
You’ll Have Many More Choices Cornell’s Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners, a citizen science program, describes 562 pepper varieties, 365 lettuces, and an astonishing 853 types of tomatoes. Only a fraction of these can be bought as seedlings. You’ll have a hard time...
Even if you don’t have access to a greenhouse, you can create conditions that will allow seedlings to thrive. Tops on the list of essentials are: a good source of light, air that circulates, adequate heat, and soil that holds water without becoming waterlogged. And it...
Starting Seeds Indoors For successful vegetable and flower gardening, good timing is essential. Start your seeds indoors too early, and they will outgrow your allotted growing space and become lanky and leggy. Wait too long, and you’ll delay your harvest. That said,...