 | Get a jump start on this year's planting by starting your plants from seeds instead of purchasing a more-expensive mature plant during growing season. Starting plants from seeds is easy to do as long as you provide the necessary environment. |
When you soak seeds, you allow water to fully penetrate the hull of the seed, nourishing the germ that will bloom into a plant. Seeds will get food from the nutrients in the soil surrounding them once they are planted, but to flourish they need plenty of water. |
There is a concept in coaching called seed planting. It means that it takes time for new ideas and suggestions to be embraced. There are clients that take hold of a new idea and run with it, some take a little more time to allow the idea to grow while others can take years before the idea sprouts. |
Starting plants indoors is a great way to get a jump on the planting season. Plants started long before the end of cold weather can extended your harvest and bring beauty to your yard quickly. By Gene Rodriguez, III |
Okay, get those visions of lab coat wearing rocket scientists out of your head. Far from being a science fiction prop, hydroponic gardening is simply the art and science of growing plants without soil. By Gene Rodriguez, III |
Nothing plays a bigger role in the American dream than a perfect, green lawn. We see it in advertising; we see it in movies; we see it on the fields of or sports teams. Green, unblemished grass is the holy grail of every homeowner. By Gene Rodriguez, III |
Nothing brightens a gloomy winter day more than opening the mailbox and finding a seed catalog or two. The pretty pictures, the fanciful descriptions, the unspoken promise that yes, there will be a spring. A seed catalog is like a little packet of sunshine dropped at your door. By Gene Rodriguez, III |
 | Seed germination means that a seed is revived from its dormant state to begin the process of root and leaf production. Seed germination sounds impressive, and it is. By Gene Rodriguez, III |
 | Known for their variety and great taste, heirloom garden seeds have been passed down from generation to generation. By Gene Rodriguez, III |
Remember the lesson of the birds and the bees? If you're a home gardener, you know that this describes the process of open pollination and the natural perpetuation of plants, preserved only by seed saving. By Timothy Braseth |
