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It is so easy to be discouraged when faced with a garden that is being overtaken by weeds. Keep your garden productive and relatively weed-free by cleaning out the weeds every so often. Cleaning your garden by weeding is one of the keys to keeping your crops productive and your enthusiasm strong. Here are some […]
Starting your vegetables and herbs indoors from seed is easy and very rewarding. By starting indoors you give yourself a jump-start on the growing season and you will be ahead of the game when it is time to start planting outdoors! The back of your BBB seed packet will have the basic information you need […]
Vegetable Planting Times and Strategies for High Altitudes High Altitude Growing vegetables in the mountains, at higher elevations can present challenges but is quite possible. Check out these informative sites for great planting time & strategies for high-altitude gardening. CSU Extension fact sheet High Altitude Gardening Growing Tomatoes in short-season areas Other gardening strategies Start […]
Cool Season Planting When mid-summer brings a bounty of produce from your garden and you are enjoying the fruits of your labor, it is time to start planting again. The prime planting time for late-season harvests is late summer. Success with fall vegetables requires proper timing. In the spring gardeners wait to plant outside until […]
Growing a Garden in a Container Planning ahead- Take a moment to look at the locations where you want to place your containers. Consider such things as sunlight (strength and time) and wind. If you have pots with sun/heat-loving plants, arrange them to shade your pots with those plants that need less sun and heat. Tall […]
Saving Seeds from Heirloom Vegetables What are “heirloom” vegetables? An heirloom vegetable is a non-hybrid, open-pollinated variety that has been passed down from generation to generation and, in some cases, can be traced back hundreds of years. These seed lines have been carefully selected to maintain uniformity and consistency for germination. Heirloom seeds become ‘heirloom’ […]
Know What’s In Your Garden It is good to understand the importance of beneficial insects in the garden — both pollinators and predators. We try to encourage the good guys into our gardens and celebrate their appearance. Except…how can you be sure that the less-than-cuddly-looking four-legged creatures walking amongst your blossoms are the right ones? […]
Gardening Tips by Heather Stone If you have space, make room for a hill or two of watermelons in your garden. They are easy to grow and like any fruit and vegetable, they just taste better when they are plucked straight from the garden. Besides, nothing says summer quite like a juicy slice of watermelon. […]
BBB Seed is a family-owned business specializing in the distribution of Wildflower Seeds and Native Grasses, Grass Mixes, Turf Grasses, Grass and Wildflower Mixes, Regional Wildflower Seed Mixes, and Special-Use Wildflower Mixes including our line of six great Pollinator Mixes.
