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up your seed-starting game, with seed-mad joe lamp’l (aka joe gardener)

WHAT REALLY MATTERS when we start seeds? What tweaks to our process or gear can actually move the needle from [read more…]

FOR THOSE PONDERING starting seed indoors, ever wonder what growing medium and other indoor propagating gear is best, from flats [read more…]

STARTING SEEDS is not hard…unless you skimp on light, or your timing is off. Sorry, friends, but your windowsills just [read more…]

STARTING SEEDS is not hard…unless you skimp on light, or your timing is off. Sorry, friends, but your windowsills just [read more…]

FEAR OF STARTING FROM SEED dramatically limits the choice of plants you can grow, but many of us nevertheless afraid [read more…]

IT’S TOO EARLY HERE to start anything for the vegetable garden but leeks and onions, as I mentioned in the [read more…]

Start with these posts: seed starting in words, and seed starting in a simple slideshow.

Q. I have leftover seeds from last year. How long do seeds last, or remain viable? Q. How do I [read more…]

INDOOR SEED-STARTING TIME IS UNDER WAY, so what better time for a simple how-to slideshow, with all the details? Ready [read more…]

EVEN IF I WERE STARTING LEEKS AND ONIONS indoors from seed, two of the earliest things one might sow, it [read more…]

ICAN’T REMEMBER THE proportions of salt, water and vinegar in my favorite pickle recipe, or any of the other formulas [read more…]

I CAN’T REMEMBER the proportions of salt, water and vinegar in my favorite pickle recipe, or any of the other [read more…]

BEFORE THE WEEKS got darker, Ken Greene and I had planned a chat about a sunny subject: sunflowers. Ken is [read more…]

CALL ME A SEED NERD and I won’t mind because yes, I’m obsessed with where seed comes from and specifically [read more…]

when to start seed NEED HELP remembering when it’s safe and smart to start your first spring sowings of vegetable, flower [read more…]