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Using Rabbit Manure in Seedling Mix
And because rabbit manure is so innocuous (as far as manures go) it’s safe to put directly on your plants AND your seeds. It doesn’t pose any risk to the gardener to handle, it doesn’t have any kind of off-putting odor, and it completely disintegrates into the seedling mix almost like it was never there…
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The Importance of Day Length When Selecting Onions
Day length is the term for different durations of photoperiod response for daylight-sensitive plants. That sounds really scary and complicated but the point is this: an onion, in particular, will wait until the hours of sunlight in a day have reached a certain point before it starts to form a big, delicious bulb like we…
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Soil Blocking: Everything You Need to Know About Plastic-Free Seed Starting
While it’s gaining relative momentum in the online community, soil blocking is still mysterious and even misunderstood by the average home gardener. I discovered it while scrolling through Instagram and when I saw the tidy little squares with their beautifully formed seedlings, my mouth dropped open. What is this sorcery and how do I master…
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All About Seed Starting Mix + Recipes
While you can easily buy prepackaged seed starting mix anywhere that gardening supplies are sold it can be very beneficial (and cost-effective) to make your own seed starting medium. There are dozens of recipes to be found online, but I’ve narrowed them down in this post as well as providing an in-depth explanation of each…
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Where to Get My Favorite Free Seed Catalogs
In the colder months when the wind blows snow flurries over our lifeless garden and the fire burns cozy in the living room, one of the most anticipated events in my house is the mid-winter arrival of the annual seed catalogs. There are few things more comforting than relaxing on the couch with a colorful…
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Lavender: The Complete Growing Guide
Lavender is a hardy perennial herb renowned for its aromatic blooms and soothing medicinal qualities. Popular with pollinators and astoundingly deer-proof, this classical, compact shrub is a fabulous choice for low-maintenance landscaping or beautifying a kitchen garden. Dating back to the Old World and being native to the Mediterranean, lavender is drought-tolerant, easy to grow…
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Four Different Seed Starting Methods
If you’ve found me via the rabbit hole of seed starting, welcome! A cursory internet search will turn up an overwhelming amount of advice, and I’m glad you’re here to check out mine. Through all my research and personal experience I’ve come up with the four most popular methods of seed starting and I want…
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10 Things I Wish I Had Known When I Began Seed Starting
Let me preface this post by stating that I am in no way an expert gardener. It takes many years of research and experience to gain such an illustrious title, and although this will be my fourth year gardening at the homestead I still have so much to discover. Nonetheless I have learned enough in…
