I spent a Saturday at the Five Valleys Seed Swap, armed with a stack of pamphlets about community garden applications and volunteer opportunities. I was not, shall we say, the belle of the seed swap.
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Learn how to prepare a garden bed and plant seeds with community garden staff at the Providence Garden.
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Healthy starts means healthy plants and a happy gardener. But growing starts at home is challenging and requires a lot of attention and care. Here’s a list of common mistakes and tips for healthy plants when starting seeds at home.
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Our tips on how to select the right seeds for your garden and where to find them.
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This quick video gives you the basics on seeding tomatoes (an many of their heat-loving friends) in the greenhouse and how you might adapt for home gardening.
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It is fall, a time when our farmers and many of our gardeners are clipping their onions from where they’ve been hanging (barns, basements, garages, closets. . .with fans blowing their skins dry) for a month or so. Brook Arteiniega, who worked with us this summer, tells the story of this anti-fungal, storage-friendly, object of worship.
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Who says seed saving requires botany skills? Not us. In this blog, we’ll give you the run down on basic seed saving, including selection processes, harvesting and storage. This blog is also great for those gardeners who have some forgotten and bolted crops in the way back of their garden. Good news: you can still put them to use!
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As our spring vegetable crops begin to wane, i.e. your lettuce tastes bitter, and your peas are starchy and dry…Instead of ripping all the plants out and tossing them in the compost, think about saving seeds from these crops for next year! Turns out peas and lettuce (and tomatoes) are great crops to make your first foray into seed saving.
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