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Category: Seed Starting

Category: Seed Starting

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April 23, 2012

How To Harden Plants Before Transplanting

Before transplanting plant sprouts to your garden you will need to harden them if they were in your house or a very sheltered area to start with. You can do this a number of ways. Set them outside for a few hours increasing every day until they can stay outdoors all day and over night. […]

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March 14, 2012

A Word About Germination

I just wanted to mention a few things about starting your seeds outdoors in the garden this early. As I have mentioned before, if you have hoop houses you can start your seeds outside this early. Especially with this nice weather we are having! There is something to keep in mind though – Most seeds […]

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March 5, 2012

Planting in March??

Ladies and Gentlemen, START YOUR SEEDS! Imagine planting seeds in the ground in March and having a harvest of cold weather veggies by Easter! If you have hoop houses it is worth a shot! I live in Minnesota, so I am just now getting things ready to start my seedlings for planting in May and […]

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March 26, 2011

Onion and Broccoli Seeds Started!

I have finally started my Onion and Broccoli seeds for the summer season 2011! I am way behind on my Onions but I will also sow some right in the dirt and also transplant the plants from my indoor garden which will hopefully then produce a bulb at the base instead of just having happy […]

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March 3, 2011

Indoor Garden Request by my Daughter Madison

My daughter Maddie suggested that we can use the indoor garden to propagate the strawberry patch!!!!!!!! What a genius idea! As you may or may not know strawberry plants only produce fruit the first or second year. They send out shoots (like a vine) and plant new plants them selves each season, and those are […]

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February 9, 2011

New Seeds Ordered!

It is a home-based business that cultivate and harvest their own seeds to sell! It is non-GMO and they encourage seed saving. You can find a link to their site on the right side of my home page. The name is St. Clare Heirloom Seeds. The best part about ordering from their site was the amazing selection! […]

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February 9, 2011

A Great Book

I have a new favorite book! I think I have mentioned it before but it deserves another mention. Month-By-Month Gardening in Minnesota!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! By, Melinda Myers. ISBN-13: 978-1-59186-253-6 ISBN-10:1-59186-253-1 Suggested Retail is $24.99 and worth a LOT more than that! Here are just a few of my favorite features: It covers every type of plant, veggie […]

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June 1, 2010

Petunias From Seed

I started some petunias from seed this year and I learned a lot about them! They are picky little things! They need the soil to be very very warm to germinate. So a seed tray warming pad is essential. I thought that most of mine were duds until they sat outside in a 90 degree […]

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May 30, 2010

Transplanting the seedlings :)

So I was able to harden the seedlings successfully! Normally that’s when I kill things. Generally I forget about them and then they die from over exposure. This time I was meticulous about how much time they were out each day and brought them in properly. The only thing that happened was a little sunburn […]

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