Small Vegetable Garden Plans and Ideas

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Vegetable Gardening Online has an excellent article about creating a small-space vegetable garden.  This is fro their post:

“Thinking of starting a small vegetable garden at home? Here are a few easy tips and ideas to help you plan!

Square foot, container and other small plot garden plans are perfect for growing vegetables when space or time are limited.

Planning and planting a small garden is a very wise decision in today’s economy.

Not only can you save money and eat better food, but learning how to provide for your family without depending on outside sources is practical and prudent.”

There’s a video that describes a DIY 1-day small garden plan, square foot gardening with a downloadable plan, container gardening, vertical gardening and more!

Click on the Small Vegetable Garden Plans and Ideas link below to see a variety of plans and ideas for a small-spce veggie garden..

Small Vegetable Garden Plans and Ideas

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Growing Pet Bowl – Cat Grass

Cat Grass

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The Growing Pet Bowl – Cat Grass includes everything you need to grow wheat grass in a bowl for your cat. As it grows, you can clip some off from the tips and sprinkle it over your cat’s food.

Note:  As with anything you give your cat to eat, start out slow and don’t overdo. I regard wheat grass as a treat. I give a little to my cat and don’t give it to him every day. I also make sure that he can’t get into the bowl where the wheat grass is growing.

Wheat grass has a lot of health benefits for your cat.

  • Constipation – It helps your cat to be regular
  • It stimulates blood flow which results in more energy
  • It flushes out toxins
  • It contains all sorts of vitamins: vitamin A, E, B, calcium

Click on the Growing Pet Bowl – Cat Grass  link below to learn more.

Growing Pet Bowl – Cat Grass

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Medicinal Herb Variety Seed Pack – 15 Different Medicinal Herbs

Herbal Medicine Variety Pack

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The All-in-One Medicinal Herb Variety Pack includes an assortment of 15 of the most popular medicinal herbal varieties. These are organic, non-GMO seeds. Also, all of the seeds are individually packaged.

The Herbal Medicine Variety Pack  is designed to give you everything you need to start making your own herbal remedies. You get the following seeds for $14.99:

  • Anise (appx. 100 seeds)
  • Basil, Genovese (appx. 120 seeds)
  • Borage (appx. 65 seeds)
  • Caraway (appx. 200 seeds)
  • Sage (appx. 25 seeds)
  • Chamomile
  • Cilantro/Coriander (appx. 80 seeds)
  • Dill (appx. 100 seeds)
  • Fennel (appx. 100 seeds)
  • Hyssop (appx. 40 seeds)
  • Mint, Lemon (appx. 100 seeds)
  • Rue(appx. 90 seeds)
  • Summer Savory (appx. 220 seeds)
  • Wormwood (appx. 350 seeds)
  • Yarrow (appx. 100 seeds)

This is an excellent collection of medicinal herbal seeds that will allow you to quickly start a medicinal herb garden and still have some seeds left over.

SeedsNow also has an All-in-1 Herbal Medicine Seed Bank with 20 different medicinal herb seeds. A Seed Bank is a collection of seeds that you keep in a safe place in case an emergency makes seeds unavailable. However, you can also use them right away.  Read more about the Herbal Medicine Seed Bank by clicking this LINK.

Click on the Medicinal Herb Variety Seed Pack – 15 Different Medicinal Herbs  link below to see more information about the variety pack.

Medicinal Herb Variety Seed Pack – 15 Different Medicinal Herbs

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Which Seeds Do You Direct Sow & Which Seeds Do You Start Indoors?

Direct Sow vs Start Inside Seeds

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There are some seeds that do well when you directly plant them in the ground. These are generally plant seeds that tolerate cooler temperatures and are also at risk if transplanted.  Other plant seeds do better if started indoors and are then transplanted when the weather is warmer.

This post lists vegetable and herb seeds that are either best planted directly in the ground or are better started indoors.

Click on the Which Seeds Do You Direct Sow & Which Seeds Do You Start Indoors?  link below to read more.

Which Seeds Do You Direct Sow & Which Seeds Do You Start Indoors?

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Seed Starting 101

Seed Starting 101

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This is a guest article by Amy Pennington on the LiveDan330 website. She discusses the basics of starting seeds indoors. If you start seeds early, then you’re getting a head start on planting and will be able to harvest earlier.

Amy discusses grow lights, which help provide the 12 hours of daily light that seedlings need once they push up out of the soil. This is an example of a good grow light: Hydrofarm FLCDG125D Fluorowing Compact Fluorescent System

Amy then explores seed trays, warmth, moisture, sterile seed-starting mix, and placement. Finally, describes each step of sowing seeds in a seed tray.

Click on the Seed Starting 101 link below to read the entire article.

Seed Starting 101

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SeedsNow – The Best Organic, Non-GMO, Untreated, Heirloom Seeds

Seeds Nows Discount

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 Now that Spring is here (Yay!), I wanted to share one of my favorite sites for buying garden seeds online.  Seeds Now has a huge assortment of organic, non-GMO heirloom seeds. These are open-pollinated seeds and are reasonably priced.

  • They have veggie, herb, and fruit seeds. These are quality, heirloom seeds that grow really well. The individual seed packets are really economical.
  • One thing I really like is that they have “seed banks.” These are collections of seeds in a category. For example, the All-in-1 Herbal Medicine Seed Bank contains 20 different popular herbal remedy seed varieties so that you can put in a complete herbal remedy garden. You get 13,000 seeds with that collection.  Another example is a Spring/Summer Seed Bank that includes 20 varieties of veggies, herbs and fruit. There are several other seed bank collections.
  • Then they have variety packs of seeds for herbs, hydroponic greens, cucumbers, tomatoes, mosquito repellent plants, medicinal herbs and more.
  • They also have all sorts of gardening supplies and gifts for that special gardener in your life. I love the Garden in a Bag and Garden in a Pail gifts, which are perfect for kids!

If you place an order be sure to use Coupon Code “SAVE10NOW” to get 10% off of your order.

 Click on the SeedsNow Online Organic Seeds link below to check out SeedsNow.

SeedsNow Online Organic Seeds

A Vegetable Garden Growing Guide

Vegetable Growing Guide

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This is a great, quick start infographic, that gives you all of the information you need to plant, grow and harvest some of the more popular vegetables.
The Urban Organic Gardener covers:
  • Soil Preparation
  • Sowing the Seeds
  • Harvesting
  • Storage
  • Threats
  • Nutritional Information

You’ll find the above information for the following vegetables:

  • Carrots
  • Peas
  • Leeks
  • Lettuce
  • Cucumbers
  • Potatoes
  • Beetroot

It’s a LOT of useful information packed into a single page. To see the infographic, click on the  A Vegetable Garden Growing Guide link below.

A Vegetable Garden Growing Guide

 

100 Expert Gardening Tips, Ideas and Projects that Every Gardener Needs to Know

100 Expert Gardening Tips

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This is a terrific collection of gardening tips, projects and ideas collected by Vanessa. It doesn’t matter if you’re a seasoned gardener or a novice. There’s excellent gardening information here for everyone. Vanessa also provides a link to a tutorial for every tip, idea and project.

Here are just a few of the tips, tricks, ideas and projects:

  • Herbs that Control Mosquitoes
  • How to Find out if Seeds are Still Good to Plant
  • Water Your Tomatoes the Right Way
  • How to Make a Drip Feeder Using an Old Soda Bottle
  • Use K-Cups as Seed Starters
  • Why You Need Lemon Balm in Your Garden
  • Plant a Seedling in a Citrus Rind
  • Propagate Roses with Cuttings and Grow Roses in Potatoes
  • Homemade Garden Stones
  • Water Bottle Reservoir
  • Build a Strawberry Tower
  • Reduce the Weight of a Heavy Outdoor Plant Pot
  • Learn Assorted Method for Killing Slugs
  • And 87 MORE!!

Click on the 100 Expert Gardening Tips, Ideas and Projects that Every Gardener Needs to  Know link below to see all 100 tips, ideas and projects.

100 Expert Gardening Tips, Ideas and Projects that Every Gardener Needs to Know

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Start a Simple Container Garden Early – YouTube

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This is a great video by Stephen that discusses how to start a container garden early in the season. He saw the advantage of container gardening when he moved his figs and mini-grape plants fro the garage out into the sun. He over wintered these plants because they aren’t considered hardy in his growing zone.  But he saw that as the weather warmed up, the figs came out of dormancy.

In this video he discusses the advantages of container gardening. He also shares the preferred type of containers that he uses (I use them too!)  and the soil mix he uses. It’s a great tutorial on container gardening. Click on the Start a Simple Container Garden Early – YouTube link below to see the video.

Start a Simple Container Garden Early

14 Springtime Water-Garden Care Tips

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If you have a water garden or are planning to install one, this is a very helpful article. Margaret has been managing two in-ground, rubber-lined garden pools for more than 20 years and has learned a LOT!

She shares 14 tips that will help you to get your water garden in shape.  Algae is one of the biggest problems for a water garden. Here are just a few of the tips she includes:

  • Aerating the water can help to fight some types of algae. You can add a small spillway or waterfall.
  • If you shade at least 1/3 of the water you’ll help to reduce algae. This is a tip that’s good to know before you install a pond or other water garden. But Margaret shares some other shade tips for existing water gardens.

To read this really helpful article and see all of Margaret’s tips, click on the 14 Springtime Water-Garden Care Tips link below.

14 Springtime Water-Garden Care Tips