Posted by admin on May 22, 2011
From our extensive experience, it takes some time to figure out what, when, and how to grow vegetable seeds in the home garden. Often seeds need other conditions, soil, or timing.
- For us, one in ten kinds of seeds works out great in our garden. Considering seeds usually cost $1-3 per packet, it will be worth finding out which work best.
- It is very helpful to talk to neighbors to find out what has and hasn’t worked from them. It is also very useful to know what worked for people they know in the area.
- If there are gardening books to buy about your area, or to check out from the library, it can be very useful reading up. Over recent decades there are likely gardeners who want to help and share their knowledge.
- Happy gardening!
Posted by admin on October 19, 2010
It isn’t easy choosing seeds to grow. There can easily be problems:
- Germinating seeds
- Keeping seeds alive after germination
- Knowing how many years it will be until seeds will be full grown, blooming plants
- Choosing the right seeds to invest in
How to do all this? It is not easy. The best way to choose the right kind of seeds to grow is not rely on just Websites selling seeds for information. These are some great ways we have found to choose excellent seeds:
- See what grows in your area and buy seeds
- Look at customer reviews on Amazon.com
- Read Websites and reviews written by plant enthusiasts (such as this Website)
- Talk to people
- Go to expert garden centers and talk to staff
- Join garden clubs
Posted by admin on April 26, 2010
After more than 25 years of gardening, I’ve got to suggest 5 top products that almost any gardener can really use. I know these items are very useful for most gardeners I know. To me, a product has to be well built, useful, and have top reviews. These gardening products all fit these specifications.
- Red wiggler worms can be bought here. I’m my case, I just needed one set of red wiggler worms to start. They have multiplied over the months and years. These red, wiggly worms are great for indoor or outdoor worm composting. Yes, a person can buy a worm composting unit (here is our favorite worm composter), or also make one with a plastic container or big pot. Kitchen scraps are broken down over months by the worms and compost is made. We don’t need to buy compost in our garden these days due to quite a few sets of red wiggler worms making their magic.
- A great motion activated sprinkler can be bought here. These are not cheap, but then again to keep dogs, squirrels, birds, or other animals off your grass or garden it is an effective, safe solution. One route is to keep trying cheap solutions, or to just go ahead and do something easier and more effective, which is this.
- A spectacular composter can be bought here. Some nice things about a composting unit such as this is that it will be around for years, it has three stages, and it makes a good amount of compost.
- A reliable cordless grass shear can be bought here. These are so useful. Of course a string trimmer can be used for big areas, and hand weeding can be used for tight areas. But, so many areas can be trimmed with this cordless unit. It is very useful for a home gardener.
- A very affordable, compact home grow light system can be purchased here. The great thing about this unit is that for the price, you get a lot. You can grow seeds, cuttings, or regular plants with this. I especially like it as testing new growing techniques is easy with this system. Since it is so affordable, it it not meant to compete with systems that cost hundreds of dollars. It is what it is, a great priced system that works!
Posted by admin on April 14, 2010
Check out the new Garden Grow Tips Website here, with gardening tips, information, techniques, and other plant insight.