Category: Organic Gardening
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As the growing season has ended and frost approaches, many gardeners have reflected on the success of their harvest this year. After months of hard work, some gardeners have decided to give up on certain vegetables altogether. Three, in particular, have been dismissed as either “not worth the time” or “impossible” to grow and won’t…
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– Vegetable seeds for planting – Indulge your green thumb! Plant and grow your own vegetables at home with this all-in-one indoor and outdoor seed kit, designed for “do it yourself” vegetable gardening and sustainable living.20 popular vegetable varieties per bundle: Easily grow fresh produce with 20 vegetable seed types neatly separated into paper packets—including…
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This past winter, Plantaform’s new smart indoor garden arrived at my Brooklyn home. I was excited at the prospect of growing heads of leafy green lettuce, channeling my inner Mark Watney, the left-on-Mars botanist in The Martian. Like many apartment dwellers, I don’t have access to a backyard garden, and even if I did, it…
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LUNAMARINA / Getty Images. Credit: LUNAMARINA / Getty Images Radishes are a fast, easy, surefire fall harvest crop for planting in September, says Edwin Dysinger, co-founder of Seedtime. Dysinger recommends direct-sowing radishes in your garden. Direct-sowing, or direct-seeding, means planting the seeds directly into outdoor garden soil instead of starting them in pots. To extend…
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– Your Family’s Safety Net: Non-GMO heirloom vegetable seeds for planting a survival garden that keeps you fed when supply chains fail or grocery shelves go bareEndless Food at Your Fingertips: Survival seed vault with twenty thousand seeds across 125 fruit and vegetable varieties — grow crisp greens, sweet fruits, and hearty vegetables in any…
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Students in Midwest will soon get a hands-on lesson in growing their own food — indoors. Thanks to a $2,000 grant from Farm Credit Services of America, the district’s Breakfast and Lunch Program is set to launch an indoor hydroponic garden, bringing fresh, locally grown produce straight from the classroom to the cafeteria. The innovative…
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Does anything beat a steaming bowl of soup on a crisp winter’s day? For humans, animals and plants alike, winter can be the toughest time of year, but something tasty to harvest can buoy even the lowest of spirits – and the rewards are all the richer when that warmth was sown and grown by…
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– 30 HEIRLOOM SEED VARIETIES – Complete heirloom seed vault kit with 18,500+ easy-to-grow non-GMO vegetable, herb and fruit seeds for planting a home or victory garden; includes beans, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, cole crops, melons, carrots, beets, radishes, greens, okra, squash, cucumbers, and moreREADY TO GROW IN ALL REGIONS – Cool and warm-weather crops thrive…
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Gardeners can now grow food at home, independent of finite resources like soil, using a sustainable method. Modern problems require modern solutions. In times when resources are limited and garden spaces are dwindling with urbanization, gardening experts have whipped up a new resolve for it–hydroponic gardening. This method of gardening does not require soil to…
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The traditional way of growing vegetables is to browse catalogues or stores and buy seeds every year ahead of the season, then start sowing them in spring. I am sure many vegetable growers, including myself, have done this time after time. Still, there is another way to grow plants from seed if you want to…