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Friday, February 9th, 2007

Mornin’ gardeners! About this time of year, the seed catalogs start pouring in, and I love sitting beside the fire (when it’s not 80-degrees) searching through them. It’s a peaceful, zen kinda thing with me. Anyway, I thought I’d set up a resource page with a few of my favorite online sites on it. As I’m sure you know, there are millions of online sellers of gardening seeds, supplies, etc. but not all of them carry stuff for organic gardening.

Here’s just a few to get you started. A lot of the garden companies will send free catalogs if you contact them through their web pages, too.

Gardening Supplies Link

Still watching for those basil seeds to pop up, no sign of that yet. You’ll be the first to know when I see them!

Dig it!

bobbi c.
Copyright ©2005-2007 Bobbi A. Chukran.

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Spring Fever

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

Hi all,

We’ve had a really cold winter here, and I keep hearing from friends in other parts of the country that it’s super cold there, too. Since we can plant fairly early here in Texas, I sometimes forget that there are some who can’t get out into the garden until what we consider late spring/early summer. LOL. So that’s why I’m also going to be blogging about container gardens, and indoor plants that you can grow on a sunny windowsill. (Thanks for all the feedback I got yesterday. I LOVE hearing from readers!)

One thing I did yesterday was fill up an old pot with some good potting soil, and sprinkle a package of sweet basil seeds on top. I covered those with 1/4″ more seed starting mix (so it would be fluffy) and watered it well. The seeds should sprout within a week or so. This can stay in a sunny windowsill until the plants get taller, then I might transplant them into larger pots, or out into the garden beds. Basil is an herb that almost everyone enjoys, I think, and the small seedlings can be harvested with scissors and used in a salad, or stir fry.

So if you’re suffering from spring fever like I am, find a small pot, some soil, and a packet of seeds (organic is best). Within a month or so, you should have some basil for your supper!

Don’t forget to sub to this blog so you don’t miss any exciting gardening adventures!

dig it!

bobbi c.
Copyright ©2005-2007 Bobbi A. Chukran

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