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The Pepper Romance Begins

Local friends, it is 8 weeks before our spring frost date! That means time to start your beloved pepper plants. The hot ones, the sweet ones, get those seeds in some moist dirt and put your flat on a heat mat. Want a little extra support to your gardening season? Follow updates like these by “liking” Budding Homestead’s Facebook page. Peppers […]

Guide to Seed Starting: Part 3 – Planting

Now for the fun part – Let’s get some seeds in the dirt! This is Part 3 of the Guide to Seed Starting series. Catch the rest of the series here: WHEN and WHAT to plant: Part 1 SUPPLIES: Part 2  SEEDLING CARE and TRANSPLANTING: Part 4 Fill your seed-starting containers [Referring to our list from Part […]

Determining What to Grow

There are literally thousands of varieties of vegetables out there (let’s not even get into the fruit and flowers). As I said in this post, one reason I prefer to start the garden from seed, is so that I can choose from this incredible list of varieties. However, being the indecisive person that I am, I’ll quickly admit […]

Tomato Rainbow

The range of colors that we bring in from our tomato bed wins me over every summer. Some varieties we grow every year, and maybe it is just thanks to Minnesota’s long winter, but I experience those first ripe tomatoes like I’m seeing them for the first time. The vibrant pink, the deep red, the soft yellow, the shiny […]

Germination Consternation

Starting my garden from seed is one of my favorite things about gardening. At the risk of sounding cliché, it is a miracle unraveling before my eyes, unlike anything else in life. We take a tiny seed, like these guys, put them in the ground, tending here and there, and get pounds and sometimes POUNDS of food out […]