What Is the Best Seed Starter Mix You Can Make at Home?

What Is the Best Seed Starter Mix You Can Make at Home

Sowing the first batch of seeds is always overwhelming! For a successful venture, you need to get your hands on all the significant ingredients used in creating a healthy base. In short, the best seed starting mix! While purchasing starter mix from a nursery, you will conclude two things: 1. The prices … Read more

Starting Seeds with Grow Lights

Starting Seeds with Grow Lights

I was having some trouble starting seeds this fall. I would get my pots all set.  I filled them up with a wet seed-starting mix.  The seeds were planted at just the right depth and then nothing would come up or the seeds would sprout but then grow really, really slowly. So, … Read more

Simple Seed Viability Test

Simple Seed Viability Test

I love buying seeds. My local nursery makes it particularly enticing by carrying row after row of the beautiful Botanical Interest brand seeds but I even love to go to Home Depot and browse their racks of Burpee and other more common brands. Most seasons I’ll buy way more seeds than I … Read more

On Being a Patient Gardener

On Being a Patient Gardener

As I’ve mentioned in the past, we moved to our new home last November.  When we moved, we brought our raised beds and the dirt that we had been using in them with us.  It wasn’t easy.  It would have simplified our move if we had just left it all behind and … Read more