Growing Vegetables
Learn all about growing vegetables from seed with our gardening resources. We’ll give you the lowdown on planting times, soil composition, pest prevention, and everything else you’ll need to create a bountiful vegetable garden. Please also see our grow guides for more detailed instructions on growing individual plants from seed.
5 Great Good-Things-to-Grow Gifts for Mom
5 Great Good-Things-to-Grow Gifts for Mom Raised bed backyard garden with flowers, veggies, and herbs. Mother’s Day is coming up quickly (just like her garden!) and if you still haven’t found the right gift, you’re in luck! We’re here to help make this the best...
Creating a Family Vegetable Garden
Most of us look forward to spring with good reason: longer days and warm temperatures mean finally being able to ditch onerous winter outerwear and enjoy the outdoors again. Year in year out, we get through winter patiently (some of us more than others), cheered...
Growing Herbs and Winter Garden Vegetables
Admittedly, we write a lot about gardening in the northeast, which makes sense when you consider that we’re located in upstate New York (generally zone 4-5, depending on the elevation). However, we recognize that many of our customers are fortunate enough to live in...
Help! My Lettuce is Bolting. What to Do?
Newly minted (ha! Get it?) vegetable gardeners can be taken by surprise when their beautiful lettuce plants they’ve been enjoying since the beginning of the season start sending up flower stalks all of the sudden, and go to seed. When this happens, the heretofore...