Field & Garden Blog
Organize your Seed Packets
Like many of you, I have lots of packets of seeds. More than I can plant in one season for sure. I will confess, I feel like I need them all! Worse yet I used to miss planting some because I somehow misplaced them. As an attempt to maintain my seed sanity, I have come...
A Garden Love Story: Lisa and Steve Ziegler
From our 2009 archives. It all started with a dog. In 1992 I was a happy single girl employed as the office manager at the Denbigh Animal Hospital. Just loving my job and minding my own business. Then this guy walked in with his yellow Labrador Retriever—without an...
Seed Starting Schedule for Summer Flowers
This is the general guide that I follow to start my warm-season tender annuals. We certainly tweak it from time to time and don't always stick to it, but this gets us up and going. This is all based on the last expected spring frost date. In my 8a winter hardiness...
Seedling Care
Seed starting with soil blocking from beginning to end We use the soil blocking method of seed starting. My experience has been that once equipped with a soil blocker tool, all you add each year are seeds and blocking mix. What drew my initial interest was that 40...
Seed Starting Saturdays
Week 1: Before you Start Seeds I am so looking forward to spending Seed Starting Saturdays with you! I hope that these weekly videos will help guide you and let you know that we don't always do it right either. Having blunders and failures is just part of gardening...
Growing Cut-Flower Crops in Hoop & Greenhouses Online Course Discussions
Steve & Gretel Answer Your Questions What are Steve and Gretel harvesting and planting now? Meet Student Jonalyn of Blossom Lane Farm Meet Student Wanda of Fox Hollow Peonies in Alaska Catch Up with SMFF Meet Student Wendy Brubaker of Morningside Meadows...
Guest Video Blog: Spring Forth Farm
August Farm Update and Cover Crops with Jonathan of Spring Forth Farm Learn more about The No-Till Micro-Scale FLower Farm Online Workshop with Jonathan & Megan Leiss
The Evolution of No-Till Practices on Spring Forth Farm
We are pleased to share the article, The Evolution of No-Till Practices on Spring Forth Farm, that Jonathon Leiss a Gardener's Workshop Instructor, wrote for Growing for Market. TGW is a proud partner of Growing for Market and believes in their mission to educate...
Student Success Stories
Are you an Online Course Student? Submit your business here. Jennifer Joray Eastern River Farm Pittston, ME Established 2018 Growing space: 3 acres+ Main Sales Outlet: Weddings a la Carte and Full Service Courses Attended: The Wedding Process Bulbs, Perennials,...
I write about organic gardening, flower farming, and business. What started out as a family garden back in 1996 has grown into so much more! I never imagined that it would lead to an urban commercial farm, an online garden shop, becoming an author, traveling the country teaching, and now online courses!
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