Seed Season
Phew- we made it to October. Cheers to cooler temperatures, all things pumpkin and spending time in our gardens. The forecast is showing rain this week and we may even see lows in the 60s. We will drink a pumpkin latte to that.
As we enter fall, the Garden Girls want to challenge you to grow more veggies from seed.
French Breakfast Radishes by Seed
Why We Love Growing From Seed
While our local nurseries are filling up with beautiful transplants, growing plants from seed is a miraculous endeavor. The awe of planting a seed, watching it germinate and then grow to a mature plant is AMAZING!!! Besides the experience, we love growing from seed for these 3 reasons.
Seeds Are Less Expensive- One reason to grow by seed is it is more economical than transplants. A transplant normally costs $4 per plant, while a seed packet is only a couple of dollars and may contain hundreds of seeds. So, you can get 100 arugula plants for $2 or one for $4.
Certain Veggies Grow Better from Seed- The Garden Girls have found that certain veggies grow better from seed. The fall veggies that we prefer to grow from seed are arugula, beet, bush bean, carrot, lettuce, radish and sugar snap pea.
Seeds Make Successive Planting Easy- If you love having a continual harvest of arugula and lettuce in your garden, you will want to embrace successive planting. Successive planting extends your harvest by planting crops at staggering dates. For lettuce and arugula, space out planting every two to four weeks. You can plant a row of lettuce one week and then add a second row two or three weeks later.
Garden Girls hope you are ready to take your gardening skills to the next level and embrace growing by seed this fall.
A Garden Girls Transformation
Recent Garden Project in Memorial
We are honored when our clients trust us to transform their outdoor space. Recently, a Memorial client challenged us to transform the area outside her kitchen window. A true kitchen garden was in the works. We took a plain grassy side yard with dead rose bushes and added three raised bed gardens, gravel pathways, pollinators to attract the bees/butterflies and evergreen perennials to anchor the space. The client now has a beautiful view out the kitchen window, herbs and veggies galore and a place for the bees and butterflies to rest.
Want a Garden Harvest for Thanksgiving?
Have a space that you want to beautify? The Garden Girls are ready for the challenge. How wonderful would it be to harvest your own herbs for Thanksgiving dinner? Book a Consult today, we are filling up fast for the remainder of the year.
