Category Archive: Seeds

May 23

Dating Seeds With Years Viable

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Great article from Easy living the hard way on how long seeds are good for. If you like to buy organic heirloom seeds to grow your herbs and vegetables from you know that organically grown can become expensive if you buy all new seeds every year for the garden.    As I learned from this …

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May 19

10 Tips For Minimizing Transplant Shock

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Real Farmacy website shares a article on how to help seedlings survive the transplanting process into your garden. My first year learning how to grow vegetable starts from seeds was a challenge and I lost quite a few. I hope this article helps others not repeat my mistakes. There are so many of  ” The …

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May 16

SHTF Garden Seed Stockpile

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Survivalist boards shows how and what they stockpile for garden seeds. I like the video because for folks that want to put together their own seed stockpile instead of just buying a seed vault he lists all the many seeds he buys so it may help someone to  make their own list.    I know …

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May 10

25 Survival Seeds You Need For Your Garden

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Byzantine Flowers website shares an article on ” 25 Survival Seeds You Need For Your Garden “. They tell what time of the year each seed is best planted,  what it can be used for and how it compares to other type seeds.

May 07

The Final Step for Your Home Grown Vegetable Seedlings

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The Art of doing stuff explains how to harden off your seedling before transplanting outdoors. I know many folks lose their seedlings after sowing them indoors by rushing to get them into the garden. This article explains why you can not do that and how to get the seedlings ready to go in the garden. …

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Apr 28

How To Spot And Avoid A Crappy Seedling Before You Buy

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NW Edible website shares how to spot a crappy seedling where shopping for young plants for your garden. The tips shared in this article are golden nuggets of wisdom and common sense all rolled into one. Healthy young seedling plant starts are the foundation of your soon to be newly planted garden and their success …

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Apr 26

The 10 Easiest Vegetables to Grow from Seeds

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Green Child Magazine shares the ten easiest vegetables to grow from seeds in your garden. ” Many people find that gardening is a great way to reduce your grocery bill, preserve food for year round use, eat healthier, enjoy the outdoors and get some exercise ” a quote from my local county extension office that …

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Apr 21

Jackie’s Garden Primer – How To Start A Garden

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Jackie ( a contributing author to Backwoods Home Magazine) shares her vast knowledge of how to start a garden or simply a refresher course. Backwoods Home magazine is an amazing source of information of a variety  of homesteading topics….. if you have never read a copy – you are missing out. It is the type …

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Apr 16

Building A Seed Growing Rack On The Cheap

arewecrazyorwhat

Are We Crazy Or What website shares building a seed growing rack frugally while embracing the self sufficient mind set. Hard working homesteaders always have to think outside of the box to make tools ( wire rack & lights ) be multiple functional so you get your money’s worth. Everyone is trying to make our …

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Apr 10

How to Grow Ferns from Spores

photo credit ChrysN

Nice instructable from ChrysN on how to turn your fern into multiples. Make a new one or make 10. This is very neat, I never knew how to propagate a fern before this but I am glad I know now and I can’t wait to give this a shot.

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