Many people do not know that given the right care you can save a package of seeds for 3 years and depending on the variety possibly even longer. When you want seeds to germinate you provide heat, moisture, and light. To prevent them from germinating you want to do the opposite by storing them in a cool, dry, and dark environment. I happen to live in the humid Pacific…
I was thinking back to my first vegetable gardening experience in suburbia a few years ago. After many trips to the local home and garden store I accumulated the following: Soil amendments (compost/peat moss/perlite) $ 33.00 Garden tools (rake/fork) $ 16.00 Organic fertilizer $ 3.00 Seeds and seed starter kit $ 24.00 Kid garden tools (shovel/watering can) $ 5.00 Miscellaneous $ 10.00 Total $ 91.00 In the end of…
My two daughters and I could not take it anymore and had to get our hands dirty and start some seeds indoors. Cute to hear my 3 year old say in the dead of winter “Can we garden now?” when it is 20 degrees outside and 4 inches of snow. Given that our last frost date is March 15th and I don’t have a good southern facing window I…
I enjoy when I can be rewarded by overcoming mother nature, so when my 6 year old mentioned she wanted to figure out why strawberries will not grow in the winter for her science project I couldn’t have been prouder. Once she determined the reason was because it was colder and the sun wasn’t up as much, she suggested using lights to help them get more light and…