Organic garden seeds....

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Spinin28

Cathlete
Hey everyone!

I am planning on a garden this year and I am looking for organic seeds and or plants and any ideas I can get.

I have a purple thumb..so I need all the help I can get!!! LOL!

I would like to have several flower beds, I am thinking of starting my own flower essence business..or at least making them for my friends and family.

In another area I would like to have fruits and veggies.

TIA

Denise
:)
 
Hi Denise:

Sorry, I don't have an answer for you just wanted to say it's good to see you here.......I am anxious to see the responses you get, too. :)

Have a great day!~
Marcia.
 
>Hi Denise:
>Sorry, I don't have an answer for you just wanted to say it's
>good to see you here.......I am anxious to see the responses
>you get, too. :)
>Have a great day!~
>Marcia.


Awwwwwww thanks...your too sweet!


:)
 
Hi Denise,

Burpee has a line of certified organic seeds. I used some last year with good success. You can get them online, but I've found them at local farm and garden stores.

Another company is High Mowing Seeds http://www.highmowingseeds.com/. Better garden stores should carry them.

Also, check out Seed Savers, http://www.seedsavers.org/. It's a good place to find less common heirloom varieties.
 
>Hi Denise,
>
>Burpee has a line of certified organic seeds. I used some last
>year with good success. You can get them online, but I've
>found them at local farm and garden stores.
>
>Another company is High Mowing Seeds
>http://www.highmowingseeds.com/. Better garden stores should
>carry them.
>
>Also, check out Seed Savers, http://www.seedsavers.org/. It's
>a good place to find less common heirloom varieties.


Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!

I did find the burpee site last night, they have a lot of stuff.

Any other suggestions for "How to start an organic garden"...I am a totaly newbie to gardening.
 
I second Gayle's suggestion for Seed Savers. They're a little expensive, but the seed quality is excellent. And I admire their mission to preserve heirloom varieties - that is, not hybrids, not genetically engineered. Just good old fashioned seeds that have been passed down through the generations.
 
If you're brand new to gardening, the first thing I would suggest is start small. It's MUCH, MUCH easier to enlarge an existing garden than to downsize one that has gotten away from you. :)

I'd also suggest trying to go with a raised beds, "raised" being maybe 8"-10", and really improving the soil from start with compost from a garden center or something similar. I'm converting my 30'x30' vegetable garden into a series of 4'x8' raised beds this year. I'm in VT and have soil that takes forever to warm up and dry out.

Also, find out what zone you're in and start with plants that are known good performers in your area. A lot of gardening can be trial and error, but it is very rewarding when things work out.

Here are some sites that might help:
Organic Gardening magazine - http://organicgardening.com/
Victory Garden - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/victorygarden/
Article on raised beds - http://eartheasy.com/grow_raised_beds.htm
Martha Stewart (even though she's evil, this chick can garden ;)) - http://www.marthastewart.com/page.j...avLevel=4&navHistory=cat2+cat243+cat273&site=

Also, if you get HGTV, check out the show "Gardening by the Yard". It's my favorite gardening show and covers a little bit of everything. ..very funny and unpretentious.

Hope this helps!
 
A company called "Seeds of Change" sells organic and heirloom (not hybridized) seeds. I've bought them from a natural foods store.
 
>If you're brand new to gardening, the first thing I would
>suggest is start small. It's MUCH, MUCH easier to enlarge an
>existing garden than to downsize one that has gotten away from
>you. :)
>I'd also suggest trying to go with a raised beds, "raised"
>being maybe 8"-10", and really improving the soil from start
>with compost from a garden center or something similar. I'm
>converting my 30'x30' vegetable garden into a series of 4'x8'
>raised beds this year. I'm in VT and have soil that takes
>forever to warm up and dry out.
>Also, find out what zone you're in and start with plants that
>are known good performers in your area. A lot of gardening can
>be trial and error, but it is very rewarding when things work
>out.
>Here are some sites that might help:
>Organic Gardening magazine - http://organicgardening.com/
>Victory Garden - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/victorygarden/
>Article on raised beds -
>http://eartheasy.com/grow_raised_beds.htm
>Martha Stewart (even though she's evil, this chick can garden
>;)) -
>http://www.marthastewart.com/page.j...avLevel=4&navHistory=cat2+cat243+cat273&site=
>Also, if you get HGTV, check out the show "Gardening by the
>Yard". It's my favorite gardening show and covers a little bit
>of everything. ..very funny and unpretentious.
>Hope this helps!


WOW!!! Thank you so much!! I will check this stuff out!!

You are so sweet!!
:7
 
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