Posts tagged with: gardening

Garden Specialist Job Position 2013

Apply today to join our team of passionate urban farmers.

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Tip #41: What Are F1 Hybrid Plants?

Learn how hybrid plants varieties, including F1 hybrids, allow for desirable characteristics of parents to be incorporated into the next generation of seeds

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Tip #38: Selecting Healthy Transplants for Your Garden

Look for vegetable and herb transplants that look healthy, have a strong roots but are not rootbound, and do not have any flowers developing on them.

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Tip #36: What Is Ethylene

Ethylene is an organic compound and natural plant hormone that stimulates the ripening of fruit, the opening of flowers, or shedding of leaves.

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Tip #35: Straw or Hay

Learn the difference between straw and hay, and the many versatile uses of straw in your garden such as for a mulch and weed suppressant.

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Tip #32 Types of Seeds

Learn what different kind of vegetable seeds look like to better identify them and improve your gardening knowledge

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Tip 23: Grow Faster Spring Onions (even in winter!)

Use the bottoms of grocery store green onions to grow your own all year long

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Tip 3: Growing Cilantro and Dill

Grow dill and cilantro from seeds, not from transplants

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Why We Love Self-Watering Containers

Self-watering containers offer many benefits over traditional containers

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