Wife Pat and I recently made one of our rare visits to a local corporate chain store and while we were there we decided to see what was being offered in their massive garden center. We generally grow our own bedding plants from seed or buy local garden center-grown plants, but we sometimes find some […]
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Remember that March 15 is the deadline for placing your seed order to receive our special free packets of “brand-new Hybrid Tomato ‘Warrior 5443’ and Hybrid Sweet Pepper ‘Blight Buster.’ (Late recipients of our catalog have an extended order deadline of March 31 to take advantage of our free seed offer.) “Blight Buster Hybrid Sweet […]
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Seeds ‘n Such owner J. Wayne Hilton issues a special invitation for our devoted customers to sample the “World’s Hottest Pepper,” as recently determined by the Guinness Book of World Records. He obtained very few seeds and personally grew off a small crop to be sold in this very limited first-year offer. Hilton explains: “’Carolina […]
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If you are concerned that you’re late in sowing your tomato and pepper seeds, relax. Many gardeners sow these seeds too soon, resulting in plants that are too tall or ‘leggy’ when it’s finally time to transplant them outdoors. Tomato seeds should be sown six to eight weeks before you are ready to transplant after […]
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With such a popular and universal favorite as tomatoes, did you ever wonder about where tomatoes came from? In her book, “Eating on the Wild Side: The Missing Link to Optimum Health,” organic gardener and author Jo Robinson describes wild ancestors of our modern-day tomatoes as “indeterminate—they keep growing all summer long and would mock […]
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Using flowers to deter pests and insects goes by a fancy term called “companion planting,” a practice used by organic and biodynamic gardeners when one plants certain types of plants near each other because they are mutually beneficial. In the case of growing food in a garden plot, there are a number of flowers you […]
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There’s been a significant trend in recent years by home gardeners to “return to their roots” when placing their seed orders to search for the time-tested, flavorful and high-yielding varieties, many of which were popular prior to 1950, and some even as far back as the 1800s. These “heirloom” or “heritage” varieties were grown by […]
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With nearly a million Spring 2017 catalogs in gardeners’ homes (the latest were mailed December 22nd, 2016), now is a good time to remind recipients just what it is that we stand for. With a name like “Seeds ‘n Such,” it should come as no surprise that seed quality and seed viability are our top […]
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In our recent Seeds ‘n Such catalog editions, we have inserted samples of proposed flower seed offerings, and asked for your response regarding your desire for inclusion of these and other such flower seed varieties in our future catalogs. Our founder and owner, J. Wayne Hilton, noted that flower seed sales exceeded vegetable seeds back […]
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