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Green Thumb Awards for 2026

The Green Thumb Awards, presented by National Garden Bureau, honor both plants and products that represent the best new horticultural innovations and recognize that their unique features, growth habits, resilience and aesthetics. Each year the organization hands out these awards in two categories—the Professional’s Choice Awards judged by a panel of industry experts and the ...

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Growing Sprouts

I’ve decided to grow sprouts in my newly cleaned growing closet. The closet, which had once been home to my wintertime seed sprouting activities, became the catch-all space for plungers, power tools and spare cans of paint (like we’ll ever use those). A rainy weekend provided me ample time to revitalize the space and take ...

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Do I Need to Stratify my Seeds Before Planting?

Spring is almost here, and if you're like me, you're anxious to get out in your gardens to get to work! I used to spread seeds in fall, but my success rate was very poor. I have so many birds,  I think most of my seeds get eaten. This year, I decided to wait until ...

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Seed Starting: Is It Right for You?

January and February are the months where you see a lot of blog and social media posts urging you to “Let’s get ready for seed starting!” I’ve written posts just like that—HERE and HERE and HERE. However this post is not that post. Instead, let’s consider some reasons why you might bypass the seed sowing ...

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Seed Starting Part 2: When You Sow

In a previous post on starting seeds I discussed how to prep for the seed-starting process. Now that you’ve gathered your clean containers and your seed-starting mix, let’s move on to what to do when you actually sow those seeds. Read Your Seed Packet Seed packets are invaluable pieces of information. They may have a ...

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Seed Starting Part 1: Before You Sow

Considering starting seeds for your vegetable garden this year? If you’re one of the millions of people who took up gardening as the pandemic wore on into its first month of lockdown, you may have begun your gardening experience on fly. This year, however, you have the opportunity to be a bit more planful about ...

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