Harvest to Table

Here’s a quick outdoor seed sowing schedule for spring. These suggestions are on the conservative side. Hardy vegetables can withstand frost and will grow best in cool weather, coming to maturity before the weather turns hot. Tender crops can not withstand frost. If you plant tender crops and frost threatens, use a cloche or row [...]

Getting seed started indoors is essentially the same as sowing seed directly in the garden, the main difference is that the germinating medium or seed-starting mix should be sterile and slightly damp, but not wet, when the seeds are sown. You can make your own seed-starting mix by combining sand and peat, half-and-half. Instead of [...]

To get a head start on the growing season: start your vegetable seeds indoors. Cold soil and unsettled weather will challenge seeds sown directly in the garden in early spring. For early cool-season crops try indoor seed starting this year; you can get started this month. Crops that are the easiest to start indoors from [...]

Starting seeds indoors will give you a head start on the growing season. Starting seed in the garden can be challenging–for the seed, that is: soil too cold or too wet are the chief obstacles to germination. For early cool-season crops try indoor seed starting this year; you can get started this month. Plants that [...]

Starting vegetable seeds indoors will give you a head start on the growing season–actually extend your growing season–and make your garden more productive. Starting seeds indoors eliminates one of the biggest unpredictables of vegetable gardening–poor outdoor germination conditions. Light, temperature, water, nutrients, and spacing are planned and regulated indoors; seeds find it much easier to [...]

There are three ways to get your vegetable garden growing: Sow seeds directly in the garden. Start seeds indoors and transplant them to the garden when the weather warms.  Transplant seedlings purchased at the garden center into the garden. Starting seed indoors will give you: Earlier vegetables allowing you to stretch the growing season. Wider [...]

If you haven’t started already there’s no time like the first day of the year to jump-start spring. In the coldest regions, the first week of January is the time to begin planning the spring and summer garden. As soon as your plans are set, get seeds ordered. Browse through seed catalogs today and make [...]

You can start vegetables, herbs, and flowers–both annuals and perennials–from seed. Starting plants from seed is less expensive than purchasing plants from a garden center. Seed starting will require some time and effort but can be very rewarding. Many more varieties of vegetables and flowers are available in seed than are offered at garden centers [...]