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Let's Talk About Transplant Shock

Transplant shock happens to your seedlings when they undergo stress during the transplanting process from indoor growing conditions to the ground and the unpredictable climate outside. Many times it is caused by the roots being "shocked" by the transplanting process,...

Jordan Freytag

Apr 6, 2018 · 1 min read · 6

Apr 6, 2018 · 1 min read

Direct Sowing Vegetable Seeds

We are reaching the time when you'll want to start direct sowing your vegetable seeds or at least getting ready to sow them in the next few weeks! This is a perfect opportunity to think about what you might want...

Jordan Freytag

Apr 3, 2018 · 1 min read · 2

Apr 3, 2018 · 1 min read

Flowers: Starting Indoors vs Direct Sowing

When you think you've started all your seedlings this year, you remember . . . flowers! While we prepare our vegetable starts, it can be easy to forget about the flower garden. Luckily it is still a good time to...

Jordan Freytag

Mar 27, 2018 · 1 min read · 0

Mar 27, 2018 · 1 min read

The Best Soil for Transplanting . . . and how to get it!

Now that you've got your seeds started, it is a good time to start focusing on getting your soil ready for transplanting time. Now, that may mean a few different things; you may need to amend your soil with fertilizers...

Jordan Freytag

Feb 14, 2018 · 3 min read · 0

Feb 14, 2018 · 3 min read

It's February! Time to Get Your Garden Seeds!

Looking for "The Best Soil for Transplanting . . . and how to get it!"? Click here to read it! It's not too late to pick your seeds for your spring garden but soon the days will be long enough...

Jordan Freytag

Feb 14, 2018 · 1 min read · 6

Feb 14, 2018 · 1 min read

Starting Seeds Early. Why some and not others . . .

The initial thing a lot of folks wonder after they've decided to grow a garden that season is "Where do I start?" And then the more complex question follows, "Which vegetable crops do I start indoors and which do I...

Jordan Freytag

Jan 24, 2018 · 2 min read · 0

Jan 24, 2018 · 2 min read

Craving Garden Produce Mid-Winter? It's Easy, Fun and Delicious!

Life without fresh produce and garden greens during the winter can be absolute torture. Luckily, we know about a way to grow fresh greens all winter-long right on your counter-top. The way is sprouting and growing garden vegetables as microgreens!...

Jordan Freytag

Jan 5, 2018 · 3 min read · 1

Jan 5, 2018 · 3 min read

A Ripe Tomato by July 4th?! Here's how . . .

A gardener’s dream: a plump ripe tomato ready to harvest for the Fourth of July. That is our goal and the goal of many fellow gardeners we know! Who doesn’t love fresh cherry tomatoes right off the vine or slicing...

Jordan Freytag

Jan 3, 2018 · 4 min read · 1

Jan 3, 2018 · 4 min read

A Sustainable Thanksgiving

It may seem next to impossible to maintain a sustainable lifestyle especially during the holiday season. You have friends and family of different backgrounds and beliefs gathering together in one space, making it difficult to keep up and enforce the...

Jordan Freytag

Nov 13, 2017 · 2 min read · 0

Nov 13, 2017 · 2 min read

The Story of Our Giant Pumpkin

For the last five years or so, we’ve been attempting to grow our own giant pumpkin with some troubling results. One year, our vine only grew about twenty feet long before giving up. Trial and error, we quickly learned is...

Jordan Freytag

Oct 17, 2017 · 5 min read · 2

Oct 17, 2017 · 5 min read

Jerome Small - 2017 Scholarship Winner - Video Submission

The Environmental Revolution By Jerome Small

Jordan Freytag

Sep 6, 2017 · 1 min read · 2

Sep 6, 2017 · 1 min read

Zoe Martin Cowen - 2017 Scholarship Winner - Essay Submission

HU:Ñ, HA:L & BAWI: The Three Sisters of the Santa Cruz Valley By Zoe Martín Cowan A sea of green and yellow combs the valleys where my predecessors once witnessed the multicolored diversity of life that is the Sonoran Desert....

Jordan Freytag

Sep 6, 2017 · 8 min read · 3

Sep 6, 2017 · 8 min read

August: Dealing with the Late Summer Heat

The unrelenting heat of late summer is here and nowhere do we notice it more than in our gardens. The soil can dry out and crack alarmingly fast. Even with consistent watering, plants can become wilted in the intense sunlight....

Jordan Freytag

Aug 7, 2017 · 3 min read · 0

Aug 7, 2017 · 3 min read

Get to Know Your Seeds: A Seed Type Guide

We’ve had an influx of calls inquiring about the specifics of seed labeling—questions like “What is the difference between sprouting and microgreens seeds and traditional garden vegetable seeds?” and “Are heirloom seeds and open-pollinated seeds the same thing?” and a...

Jordan Freytag

Jul 5, 2017 · 8 min read · 21 ·

Jul 5, 2017 · 8 min read

June: Companion Plants & Beneficial Insects

Now that the growing season is underway, an abundance of life begins to spring up in our garden: seedlings take root and begin branching out, showing signs of their future production. But with new growth and life, comes the chance...

Jordan Freytag

Jun 7, 2017 · 4 min read · 1 ·

Jun 7, 2017 · 4 min read

May: Easy-Going Transplanting & Sowing

Now is the time of year that folks are sowing seeds outdoors and transplanting indoor plant starts. Many beginner or inexperienced gardeners would like a clear-cut date and time that is best to sow and transplant. Unfortunately, it just doesn’t...

Jordan Freytag

May 3, 2017 · 2 min read · 4 ·

May 3, 2017 · 2 min read

Green Fasting

Spring is a time of reawakening. It is notable in the green reappearing after a long absence and the blossoms rendered visible in the trees. The outdoors reflects what our bodies yearn for this time of year: rejuvenation. We yearn...

Jordan Freytag

Apr 19, 2017 · 2 min read · 0 ·

Apr 19, 2017 · 2 min read

"Hardening Off" The Right Way

As your starts begin maturing, bearing their “true” leaves, we know the time is drawing near to transplant. Transplanting can be stressful for growers because it is common to lose plants to “transplant shock.” When our plants spend the first...

Jordan Freytag

Apr 4, 2017 · 2 min read · 4 ·

Apr 4, 2017 · 2 min read

Consume Better to Kill Sugar Cravings

Lately, I’ve been getting serious about quitting my sugar addiction. In the past, I’ve gone a couple days abstaining from sugar, feeling pretty good about myself until the cravings cause me to dive back into eating an abundance of sweets...

Jordan Freytag

Mar 16, 2017 · 2 min read · 3 ·

Mar 16, 2017 · 2 min read

March: From The Ground Up

It is about this time when your garden vegetables are germinating, poking through their little starter pots and pellets, reminding you that transplanting time is on the horizon. It is at this stage that you may have realized that you...

Jordan Freytag

Mar 7, 2017 · 2 min read · 0 ·

Mar 7, 2017 · 2 min read

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Let's Talk About Transplant Shock

Direct Sowing Vegetable Seeds

Flowers: Starting Indoors vs Direct Sowing

The Best Soil for Transplanting . . . and how to get it!

It's February! Time to Get Your Garden Seeds!

Starting Seeds Early. Why some and not others . . .

Craving Garden Produce Mid-Winter? It's Easy, Fun and Delicious!

A Ripe Tomato by July 4th?! Here's how . . .

A Sustainable Thanksgiving

The Story of Our Giant Pumpkin

Jerome Small - 2017 Scholarship Winner - Video Submission

Zoe Martin Cowen - 2017 Scholarship Winner - Essay Submission

August: Dealing with the Late Summer Heat

Get to Know Your Seeds: A Seed Type Guide

June: Companion Plants & Beneficial Insects

May: Easy-Going Transplanting & Sowing

Green Fasting

"Hardening Off" The Right Way

Consume Better to Kill Sugar Cravings

March: From The Ground Up

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Let's Talk About Transplant Shock

Direct Sowing Vegetable Seeds

Flowers: Starting Indoors vs Direct Sowing

The Best Soil for Transplanting . . . and how to get it!

It's February! Time to Get Your Garden Seeds!

Starting Seeds Early. Why some and not others . . .

Craving Garden Produce Mid-Winter? It's Easy, Fun and Delicious!

A Ripe Tomato by July 4th?! Here's how . . .

A Sustainable Thanksgiving

The Story of Our Giant Pumpkin

Jerome Small - 2017 Scholarship Winner - Video Submission

Zoe Martin Cowen - 2017 Scholarship Winner - Essay Submission

August: Dealing with the Late Summer Heat

Get to Know Your Seeds: A Seed Type Guide

June: Companion Plants & Beneficial Insects

May: Easy-Going Transplanting & Sowing

Green Fasting

"Hardening Off" The Right Way

Consume Better to Kill Sugar Cravings

March: From The Ground Up