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Seed Addict! How to Save Your Own Seed!

March 31, 2018 by Eva Leave a Comment

Hello! My name is Eva and I am a seed addict! It may sound silly but I know my fellow home gardeners understand how I feel. On Friday of last week I picked a few items from my ridiculously large wish list on one of my favorite organic seeds websites. It took me almost an hour to pick what I wanted to plant this season! There are so many amazing choices! It was right around that time when I realized that my cart was full of seeds I really didn’t need. I hadn’t taken into account that I already have a TON of seeds left over from last season that I have saved from my own harvest.

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How to Hand-Pollinate Eggplants

March 27, 2018 by Eva Leave a Comment

Having a plentiful harvest is every farmer and home gardeners greatest wish. There is nothing better than having a basket full of yummy fruits and vegetables to feed to your family, especially if it came fresh from your back yard! Eggplants are especially popular with home gardeners because they are easy to grow and the harvests are normally quite plentiful. A really frustrating problem that some gardeners have is when the plant grows nicely and flowers are plentiful but the fruit never sets. If you are running into this problem, you may be experiencing a lack of pollination in your garden.

Depending on the area you live it can be hard to keep pollinators in your garden. Many of us need to buy as many bee and butterfly loving flowers as we can in order to keep them coming! But sometimes, you need to take matters into your own hands. I find this especially true with eggplants. Every year my eggplants blossom the most beautiful lavender flowers. There are so many flowers I can barely count them all. While I can appreciate a beautiful flower, it is eggplants that I want!

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Tomatoes: The difference Between Determinate and Indeterminate

March 4, 2018 by Eva 2 Comments

Tomatoes: The difference Between Determinate and Indeterminate

Tomatoes. The holy grail of gardening. When most people make the decision to start their home garden tomatoes are always at the top of the list of vegetables they they want to plant. (Yes, I know they are technically a fruit : )

When I first started out I was overwhelmed by the amount of options when it comes to tomatoes. Look through any seeds catalog or online seed company and there will be pages and pages of different types of tomatoes seeds to choose from. I had no idea there were so many different types of tomatoes!

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