Raising Chickens and Urban Gardening
Read Part 1 here! Starting vegetable seeds indoors is fairly easy to accomplish, even for a beginner gardener. Expensive seed-starting equipment isn’t required, although a few extra items can improve your home seed-starting results. Gather Your Supplies Here’s a list of the basic supplies you’ll needed to get started: Seeds (see Part 1 for varieties to start indoors) Good quality…
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My urge to get “growing” is strong as we get closer to spring (in just over four weeks!!). I confess, I’ve dabbled in the dirt already – having sown a few flats of basil, thyme, parsley, and chives in mid-January. But the serious work of starting more than 1,000 heirloom tomato and vegetable seedlings is about to begin. I…
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What does “days to maturity” mean on seed packets or transplant labels? This is part of the Garden Seeds series. Articles in this series can be found on our website under The CdA Coop Blog > Gardening > Garden Seeds. Given our relatively short growing season in north Idaho, I often have customers questioning if the large, beefsteak tomato cultivars…
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“So many seeds, so little garden space” If you’re a gardener, you’ve probably amassed a collection of partially-used seed packets and/or seeds saved from the garden. Over time, seed accumulation just happens. We buy more than we need with a rationalization that goes something like this: “why purchase a packet of 25 seeds, when I can buy a 1/4 pound…
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