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Time to Plant

Are you itching to start getting vegetables in your garden? You can get started now!

These are the vegetables that you should start by seed this week:

Tomatoes

Cabbage

Eggplant

Bell Peppers

Broccoli

Ready for some tips to ensure you have a successful harvest?

Keep records of what you're doing.  What was the weather like? How often did you water? What kind of soil did you use? This information will help you for future harvests.

Your seeds will be happiest in wide, shallow plastic pots because they hold a constitant moisture content.  Egg cartons or toilet paper rolls also work well.  Make sure that your container has drainage, as well!

Plants like warm temperatures in the upper 60s and lower 70s.  This will help to encourage germination.  When you have your pots in areas like this, make sure to check the soil, as it can dry out faster.

Once your seeds have sprouted, make sure that you're rotating the container on a daily basis to encourage strong stem growth. 

Your plants aren't quite ready to head outside and into the ground yet, they need to be hardened off.  Expose them to our weather over a few day period.  Start by exposing them to the weather in the morning for a few hours.  Add a few more hours every day.

Oh, hello Easter!

favorite lily

so many lily options

pansy bowls are popping

stunning orange tulips

happy pansies

hydrangeas and mums, oh my!

bursting with color

itty bitty baby pansy bowls

bright spring color

these pansies say spring

easter mums

easter lilies and hydrangeas. smells amazing!

unique pansies are in

Playing in the Dirt

All hands on deck, it's time to play in the dirt.  We recently had a massive planting day in the greenhouse.  What were we planting?  Hydrangeas.  How did we do it?  Check it out..

We started with a pre-potted hydrangea plant.

Fill the new pot with a good handful soil, it can't live without soil!

Score the edges.  We want the roots to go outward rather than inward.

Place the scored plant into the new pot.  Don't forget to pick those pesky weeds!

Add extra soil to fill the voids and then level it off.  Be sure not to compact the soil down.

Add a plant tag and you're done!  Don't forget to water it regularly.

These plants are now happily growing out in our greenhouses until early spring and Easter.  Have you started planting anything inside yet?

Water Feature Raffle

We're raffling off our water feature in the Garden Center!

Now through December 22nd, purchase a $2 raffle ticket for a chance to win this water feature.  The winner will be notified by the first of 2013.  Installation is included and will take place in the spring of 2013!

Got the perfect spot for this on your property?  All you need is an electrical outlet to plug the water feature in to start relaxing.

Stop by and get in the drawing!

Wild About Terrariums.

Take a look at some of the amazing terrariums that our talented staff put together.  A terrarium is the perfect way to combat our lovely Minnesota winter season.  Terrariums are virtual maintenance free and allow you to enjoy the outdoors all year long.