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How One Packet of Tomato Seeds Launched A Gardening Business

How One Packet of Tomato Seeds Launched A Gardening Business

As a new gardening season begins, I’d like to share how my passion for gardening and helping gardeners succeed grew…
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Dig Deep for A Successful Tomato Harvest

Dig Deep for A Successful Tomato Harvest

I love tomatoes. Specifically, I love growing tomatoes. Did you know there are 10,000 varieties of tomatoes? I think I’m…
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Podcast #11: How to Grow Tomatoes, Part 2

Podcast #11: How to Grow Tomatoes, Part 2

In this second part of the Growing Tomatoes Primer, I continue the conversation about growing healthy, productive tomato plants. I’ll…
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How to Prune Your Tomatoes to Keep Them Healthy

How to Prune Your Tomatoes to Keep Them Healthy

There’s one topic that everyone who grows tomatoes has an opinion about – and that’s pruning. To prune or not…
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Podcast #10: How to Grow Tomatoes – A Primer for Success

Podcast #10: How to Grow Tomatoes – A Primer for Success

There is nothing like the taste of a homegrown tomato! And the best thing? Tomatoes are pretty easy to grow….
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How to Repair a Broken Tomato Plant Stem

How to Repair a Broken Tomato Plant Stem

Oh snap! Did you just accidentally break off the main growing stem of your tomato plant? It happens! While tomato…
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Three seed packets.Three very different stories.🌱 What exactly is an heirloom?🌱 Can you save seed from a hybrid?🌱 Should you be concerned about bioengineered seeds in your garden?If you've ever wondered -- or felt a little confused -- you're not alone. In my Seed Starting for the Home Gardener: A Deep Dive class on March 14, we go well beyond how to fill a tray with soil.We talk seed types.We talk genetics (simply)We talk about what actually matters for home gardeners -- and what doesn't.Understanding your seeds makes you a better gardener before you ever plant one.Join me. Bring your questions. Leave smarter. 🥬Register link in bio or bit.ly/3Nvn6jB#thecoeurdalenecoop#seedstarting2026 #idahomastergardeners #gardensmarter ... See MoreSee Less

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Three seed packets. Three very different stories. Three seed packets.
Three very different stories.

🌱 What exactly is an heirloom?
🌱 Can you save seed from a hybrid?
🌱 Should you be concerned about bioengineered seeds in your garden?

If you've ever wondered -- or felt a little confused -- you're not alone. 

In my Seed Starting for the Home Gardener: A Deep Dive class on March 14, we go well beyond how to fill a tray with soil.

We talk seed types.
We talk genetics (simply)
We talk about what actually matters for home gardeners -- and what doesn't.

Understanding your seeds makes you a better gardener before you ever plant one.

Join me. Bring your questions. Leave smarter. 🥬

Register link in bio or 
bit.ly/3Nvn6jB

#thecoeurdalenecoop
#seedstarting2026 
#idahomastergardeners 
#gardensmarter
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