Making More Mint
Mint has got to be one of the easiest plants to grow. Just plop it into some reasonably rich soil in a reasonably sunny spot and watch it take over. Evidence of its opportunistic habit probably 
Category: Propagation
Mint has got to be one of the easiest plants to grow. Just plop it into some reasonably rich soil in a reasonably sunny spot and watch it take over. Evidence of its opportunistic habit probably Toilet Roll Seed-Starter
Through the magic of online photo-sharing I have been catching a peak at little seedlings coming up all over the Northern Hemisphere. I've also been enjoying the smell of tomato plants sprouting fresh leaves right in my own home grow-op. The promise of spring
Seed-Starting Basics
Seed-starting season is in full swing in these parts. I've been getting loads of questions about it via email and figured it was time to put together a seed-starting recap here on the site.
I started my own tomato, pepper, and tomatillo seeds this weekend and put in orders with two seed companies to complete my 2007 Scary Mega Plant List.
Lee Valley Windowsill Seed Starter
Last spring the world aligned in such a way leading to what I can only describe as a collapse in judgement wherein I purchased an actual device to start my seeds in. Firstly, I am a gluttonous gardener and had compiled a frightening collection of seeds to
Your Questions Answered: Tall and Floppy Seedlings
Question: I bought an all-in-one seed starting kit that is supposed to make the procedure a breeze. I’m new to this so I tried growing stuff like marigolds, pansies, and herbs but everything died! The seedlings grew tall and floppy with a couple of sad looking leaves.
Rooting Begonias
This morning on my blog I wrote about how we're getting crowded out of our dining room by the sheer number of plants in there, so it seems only natural that the next thing I did this morning while drinking my coffee, and in my housecoat,
Starting
And almost as though to laugh at me in the face in regards to my last post, it has been snowing, snowing, snowing here for approximately four hours today, and sticking to boot. It started just as I had arrived home from buying myself a plastic flat,
Grow-op Set-up
There have been some whispers in the Forums about starting seeds already. Some of the members of You Grow Girl live in areas where it's already the season for growing. Here in Southern Ontario, though, we're still experiencing snow and wind chill warnings. I've
Winter Growth
The weather has been remarkably warm this winter, so far here in Ontario. Today I was out in the back yard for a few minutes. I just wanted to get some fresh air and it was sunny out and the yard is still fairly green.
Reflections on Where I Am
Since moving to Nelson I've discovered many things, not only about small towns, but also just about living in a climate that is pretty much smack dab in the middle of where I grew up, and where I've been living the past five years.
I also have no land.
Packing up for the winter.
It's definitely getting colder here in Nelson. You can't walk outdoors without a jacket (it feels like a distant dream when it was 40 degrees straight that week), the clouds are so low you can almost touch them, and it's getting dark at 6pm.
Everybody's packing in their
They Were Right
"Invasive" does, in fact mean, well, "invasive". I'm always curious when I buy a new plant labelled as invasive, just how invasive can it be, really? That one little starter plant can't really get to be that big in one season, can it?
Besides the usual mints,
Pop Bottle Pots
So they're not very stylin', but these self-watering planters made from junked pop bottles are pretty handy for the well-intentioned but forgetful gardener. The bottom watering system keeps cuttings and seedlings on the right side of moist without The Lazy Gardener’s Seed Starting Chart
by Maggie Wang
Calculate seed sowing and planting dates in seconds with this even handier version of the Handy Seed Starting Chart.
Archived article here
Handy Seed Starting Chart
by Gayla Trail
Remembering when to sow and when to plant out can be tricky when you've got a wild variety of seedlings on the go. Download and print out this seed starting plan to chart out the sow dates, and planting out dates of this year's crop.
Download
A Beginner’s Guide to Vegetable Seed Starting
Includes a handy, printable chart.
Archived article here
Summer Seeds
Summer is not the end of planting season. A list of perennials that can be started from seed in July and August.
Archived article here
Share Your Plants
by Gayla Trail
Multiply your plant collection the economical way, through propagation. Learn the ins and outs of taking cuttings, dividing, or repotting offsets.
Archived article here
Harvesting Seeds
by Gayla Trail
Forget shopping. A little botany lesson is all you need for a d.i.y. seed collection. We've even done the work for you and designed lovely seed packets to print out and use.
Harvesting and Saving Your Seeds
Storing and Testing Seeds
Make Decorative Envelopes
Seed Starting
By Beate Schwirtlich
The whole purpose of starting seeds indoors is to cheat winter a little. Ironically, even as we cheat nature, we must imitate her.
-- Part 1: Germination
-- Part 2: Damping Off
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