Seeds and Seed-Starting
Seeds & Seed-Starting Buying Seeds Check out our favorite seed companies here >>>First of all...YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY NEW SEEDS EVERY YEAR!Most seeds stay viable for at least a…
Hibernation
We need rest in our year. One of the things I truly love about living in New England is the way the natural world dominates. The winter is time to…
Late Summer Gardening: Alani’s garden stories
The late summer winds and storms are here. This is the time of year when I really start evaluating the whole season and thinking about the next. Keeping a journal to record thoughts, successes, failures and ideas at this time of year is so helpful to look back at in the winter when I’m planning the next season.
Succession Planting
Hopefully your garden is going strong and is overflowing with produce! If you grew lettuce, broccoli, Asian greens, peas, beets, cabbages and other Spring crops, they are probably all about…
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Basic terms and ideas
Seedling: A baby plant anywhere from the first sprout stage of cotyledons up to a small plant with some true leaves. Cotyledon: The first leaves to sprout out of a…
Garden site and preparation
It's time to prepare your garden! It's a good idea to prepare your gardening spaces and beds a few weeks ahead of planting time. The soil, compost and amendments will…
Seed starting
It's early April and I've started lots more plants for CT Seedlings than I would have for the farm that I used to grow for. We want people to get…
Late Winter Gardening
Well, that was a rude little cold snap! 11 degrees and windy on the 2nd of March. Good thing the greenhouse is nice and toasty warm! Between my mother and…
CT Seedlings is born!
Welcome, friends! Over the past couple of months Brenda (my mama) and I have been working on this new project and we're so excited to finally share it with you!…