Gardener's Greenroom

Well I’m ready to order my seeds for next season; and I’m planning to expand my garden area to double or triple that of last season, but how do I begin to decide on how many seeds of each variety to order for planting that much bigger garden? Let’s start with a scaled sketch of […]

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I remember as a child (more than 60 years ago) my mother always planted some flowers scattered here and there throughout our huge 2-acre vegetable garden. At the time I thought it was simply because she wanted them for colorful cut flowers, especially the mixes of taller growing zinnias, marigolds and salvias. But now I […]

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Gardeners from all across the nation are always asking us how they can help maintain the organic matter and the microbial life activity in their garden soils to insure good health for their crops. Our basic answer is the liberal use of cover crops—pages 82 and 83 of our new 2020 Early Spring Catalog—regardless of […]

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Especially for inexperienced and first-time gardeners, choosing which seeds are best for your gardening needs can be quite frustrating when you see such common descriptive terms as “open-pollinated, heirloom or hybrid” appearing throughout our catalog. For those unfamiliar with these seed types, we thought it would be helpful to define them and assist you in […]

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Although much of the information is quite straightforward, even experienced gardeners sometimes have problems deciphering all the various letters and numbers provided on seed packets, particularly with those regarding disease resistance, especially with hybrids and most notably with tomato varieties. A good overall gardening strategy is to decide what crops and varieties you wish to […]

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I’m 72 years old and I’ve been involved in gardening and horticulture all my life, but I am absolutely certain that every newcomer or veteran gardener has his or her own recipe to make sure they have the earliest vine-ripened tomato in the neighborhood. It’s almost like this trait instantly appears in the genetic background […]

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As peer-reviewed scientific research data continue to confirm health-related concerns about ever-increasing numbers and amounts of chemical residues in our food supply, more and more parents and grandparents are seeking sustainably-grown, nutritious food sources to reduce exposure to chemicals for their children and grandchildren, as well as for generations to come. Due to relaxed governmental […]

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It’s funny how a 4 year old child’s preschool science project can remind us that Spring has indeed Sprung and it’s time to begin directly sowing certain seeds into the broken ground.  Clara, a four year old, brought home a small plastic cup half filled with soil but overflowing with bean sprouts last week.  While […]

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With the addition of 4 new varieties last season—Bonita, Bush Porto Rico, Murasaki and O’Henry—you now have 9 different varieties to choose from, including our previous favorites: Beauregard, Centennial, Georgia Jet, Vardaman and White Yam. Now is the time to place your orders to insure that we will have the varieties you want. We begin […]

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