March 2010
Starting from Seed - It's Easy and Satisfying.

Read more about starting tomatoes from seed.

Growing from seed is not complicated and it's wonderfully satisfying to experience the whole growing cycle as you watch baby seedlings grow into sturdy plants. Visit our Growing and Planting Help for articles and how-to guides for success with seeds. Here's a selection of articles to help you get started this spring:

How to Start Your Seeds Indoors
Tomatoes - Starting From Seed
 Starting Tomatoes Indoors and Transplanting Seedlings - guide w/photos
 Sowing and Growing Mesclun - guide w/photos
 Starting Seeds in Containers to Transplant into Your Garden - guide w/photos
Growing Sweet Peas- Sowing Seeds Directly in the Garden -guide w/photos
 Growing Sweet Peas - Starting Seeds Early and Transplanting -guide w/photos
 


Get Growing with Kids

Klutz books has just released a colorful and fun-to-read gardening book just for children. Good Growing is packed with lively kid-tested and kid-tasted projects. Renee designed and supplied the seed packets that are included with each book. It's a great way to cultivate the next generation of lifelong gardeners. 

For other helpful ideas to inspire kids large and small, read Gardening with Children  and Plant a Pizza Garden.

In the NW Trial Garden
- by Jay Leshinski, NW Trial Garden Manager

Here in the Champlain Valley of Vermont the snow cover has almost totally disappeared and plans for this summer's trial garden are well underway. Ever since the Middlebury College Organic Garden began in 2003 we've been doing seed trials for Renee's Garden. When we do trials at the College garden we are sometimes testing new varieties and sometimes growing out our current varieties under different conditions in different parts of the garden. Renee sends us new varieties she is considering for our seed list. We evaluate flowers, herbs and vegetables for germination, early growth, disease and insect resistance, and harvest quality.....
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Featured Seeds of the Month:

"A Children's Garden" Collection

children's garden seed collectionGardening is a rewarding summer activity for children - lots of fun and a great way to learn about natural cycles. Here's five easy to grow, colorful, big-seeded flower and vegetable varieties that kids can plant, harvest and enjoy on their very own.  

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Best Wishes,
Renee Shepherd  
 

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