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ILoveHoney2023
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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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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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April 3, 2010

Potting Soil and other things :)

So, I have discovered a few things about potting soil, and seed starting soil etc… that I want to share with you! Seed starting soil: Already has fertilizer in it! Unless your soil is over 6+ months old do NOT use a fertilizer when you water! Seed starting mix has a lot of Peat Moss […]

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March 30, 2010

Outdoor Seeds Started!!!

I finally got my outdoor seeds started! I live in Minnesota so my first day of safe frost-free planting is May 20th this year according to my handy Farmer’s Almanac. There are seeds that you can start outside before that, but not many. I like to transplant plants to the garden for a lot of […]

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March 2, 2010

Scheduler

Take a look up in the left hand corner of the screen and you will see a tab called “Scheduler.” This is where I am posting my seed starting, emerging and harvesting times so you can see how long everything took/takes. Enjoy! (the calendar that you see on the left side of the screen is […]

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February 27, 2010

Staking the Tomatoes

Well, the tomatoes are about 6-8 inches tall now, and they are getting a little wobbly. I will be staking them with chopsticks to start off with. It won’t be too much longer before I will need real garden stakes, and I might need to separate them. We’ll see how unruly they get as they […]

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February 24, 2010

Seedlings looking more like plants

My seedlings for the Cilantro, Basil and Tomatoes have been up for a few weeks now and doing great! The Cilantro is a bit unruly, so I have it staked with the first thing I grabbed which was a pencil and a paint brush! The tomatoes will need to be separated at some point but […]

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February 22, 2010

Indoor garden Started!

I have started my indoor garden! So far it consists of a small shelf, lots of shop lights with daylight bulbs and one with a grow bulb in it. I have some old pots that I am using as well as a few new seed starting trays with biodegradable seed pots inside for transplanting. The […]

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February 22, 2010

The Indoor Garden Experiment 1.0

In my search for the eternal summer I have started an indoor garden here in Minnesota! The purpose; to be able to garden from seed to table year-round. I have started some seeds indoors before with mixed results. Most of the seedlings got too tall and toppled over and died. Some of them were too […]

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