Patio Pickers: Do they work?
It’s February, which means it’s almost spring, which means the front section of every hardware store and garden center in the region is bursting with optimistic…
Seed starts starting
Have you ever seen a brand new tomato plant? Behold. Before the serrated leaves and fuzzy stalks, they are slender and long-necked. In days, weeks, their…
Seed starting made simple
Right. It actually is pretty stupidly dead simple. Buy seeds, find/make a starter, plant, give light, and wait. I probably should’ve started some of my seeds…
Survival of the seeds
I’ve got a zillion seeds left over from last year and the season is slowly turning back to that wonderful time when I can start planning…
Tomato trends
Well, they’re starting to come up! Sorry I’ve been such a lazy pile of shit about posting these. They actually started to come up, like, two…
Indoor Seed Starting
Missouri’s summer weather makes for Eden vegetable gardens, but sometimes the more finicky plants still need a helping hand. Indoor seed starts will give your plant…
Mystery Seed: Milkweed?
Jon found this seed pod on the farm last fall and brought it home for me, with my little-used forestry degree, to identify. I couldn’t. We…
The Tasty Tomato: Heirlooms, Hybrids, and GMOs
Jon’s mother absolutely adores watermelon. When she was young, he says, she kept fresh, whole watermelons in the sink and devoured them daily, the juice running…
Mere Seedlings, Big Dreams
Our seeds just arrived from Burpee!! All heirlooms! They are going to be so beautiful. Just holding the seed packets in my hands made my heart bloom.…
