Rise And Shine: Accounting For Seed Dormancy And How To Spark Germination
Plant A Sunflower (Or Two) For Guerrilla Garden Day!
Bombs Away! An Easy Guide To Making Seed Bombs
A Fresh List Of Garden Tasks As Spring Fever Sets In
Seed Germination And The Three S’s: Stratification, Scarification, Soaking
Seedy Saturday Events Encourage Community And Love For All Things Seeds
February Is The Perfect Month To Give Your Garden Some Love
My Fascination with Germination: A Grower Shares Some Tips And Tricks
After a long winter slumming it in our grow tents, ensuring the lack of humidity doesn’t kill the tropical plants we insist on keeping, it’s time to start popping seeds for spring planting. The colder months spent praying the storms don’t cut power to our LED lights are finally over. Summer will be a little […]
Planting Sunflowers For Peace In Ukraine
A new movement is encouraging gardeners to plant sunflowers for peace in Ukraine. Sunflowers face east at dawn to greet the rising sun, then slowly turn west as it moves across the sky, continually seeking light and warmth. Then, during the night, the plant slowly turns again, ready for the morning. The sunflower is the national […]
Why It’s Smart To Think About Ordering Seeds For The Garden Now
For the second straight year, the grow your own movement is running wild, bolstered by the ongoing covid-19 pandemic and rising food prices. More gardeners are a great thing, but it also means possible seed shortages. And while it might be cold outside right now, it’s never too early to start thinking about ordering seeds […]
How To Harvest And Store Milkweed Seeds
When I was a kid, I loved opening milkweed seed pods, separating the silky white fibers, and watching them float through the air. I thought it was fun; little did I know I was helping milkweed propagate! Today, it’s more important than ever to save and spread milkweed seeds. Although humble in appearance, milkweed is […]
How To Properly Store Your Saved Seeds
In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, you may have tried to purchase seeds for your garden and found them more challenging to find than ever before. As I discussed in a previous post, the good news is that there is still a healthy supply of seeds. And, with a few tips and tricks, you’ll […]
Seed Saving Part 4: Storing And Testing
Seeds, like all living things, have a lifespan. How long they last depends on factors including the seed variety and conditions during growth and processing. However, the way seeds are stored has an enormous impact on their vigor and longevity. Correctly preserving them will ensure your efforts to save seeds reaps long term rewards.
Treating Seeds And Seedlings With Sea Kelp Delivers Results In The Garden
Once we begin to get the hang of growing food in our home gardens, the next step is to incorporate various techniques to help them flourish and become even more productive. Success is dependant on getting the plants off to a strong start, and sea kelp can help with that. What Is Kelp? Kelp is […]
The Adventures Of Seed Priming
Ever wondered how you can give your plants an unfair advantage before they’ve even sprouted? Seed priming allows you to give your unborn sprout a boosted start to life that it would never be privileged to in the natural world. There are many different ways to germinate seeds, from simply putting them into some soil […]
Seed Saving Part 2: Selecting Seeds and Controlling Pollination
This article originally appeared in Garden Culture Magazine UK31 & US29. Our food security begins and ends with seeds. Heirloom and organic seeds, in particular, are under threat with the decrease in seed diversity. More growers are needed to develop and grow vegetables and continue sharing the skills and knowledge required for seed conservation. There […]
Storing Seeds Over the Winter for Next Year’s Garden
We have long taken for granted that seeds will always be available in little packets at our local greenhouses, but will they? The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership estimates that between one and five plant species are at risk of extinction. Their eventual disappearance will have a tremendous impact on food security, climate change, disease, and […]
Seeds That Need An Early Start In The Growing Season
Fellow gardeners, the growing season is very near. By now, you’ve likely decided what you want to grow and have already selected your seeds. Gather your tools and roll up your sleeves, because it’s already time to give some of your future plants the start they need to flourish. The following are just some of […]
What You Need To Know About Starting Seeds
The mountains of snow outside may not seem to be getting any smaller, but the days are getting longer, meaning both spring and seed-starting days are just around the corner! While it still may be a tad too early yet to start most seeds for the garden, now is an excellent time to consider what […]
What Are Seeds?
Seeds are amazing storage containers that allow a plant to travel through space and time. Inside each protective casing is a tiny plant held in status until it is exposed to conditions that initiate development and growth, along with some stored energy (endosperm) for the plant to get started with. Seed Leaves The miniature plant […]