If you follow my page on Facebook, you might remember that I LOVE going to Mother Earth News Fair every year. I love sitting in classes and workshops all day learning about these hobbies that fascinate me. Every year I use it as a time to evaluate what I’m doing gardening and sustainability-wise and what […]
Seed Starting
Seed Starting With Soil Blocking. A Basic How-To
So now you’re convinced that you need to try seed starting by soil blocking. How do you get started? I mentioned that I started after going to a class by Lisa Mason Ziegler at Mother Earth News Fair in Belton, Texas last year. She has a cut flower farm and is pretty much the queen […]
Five Reasons You Should Try Seed Starting
I have grown to love seed starting using the soil blocking method and you should too. Read on for five reasons why. At the Mother Earth News Fair last year I took a workshop by Lisa Mason Ziegler on the subject. I had never really done it. Not successfully anyway. I either bought starts at […]
Why Mess With Seed Starting (and How to Get Started)
This time of year in Texas, it’s time for cole crops. I bought some broccoli and califlower starts in the fall and put them in the garden. Easy peasy. A few weeks later, I was harvesting. The thing is, the difference between the cost I paid for the starts, and the cost I would pay […]