Tough Love
Getting Bigger, Stronger Plants by Sandy Swegel Ok, your seedlings are up and growing. Whether in the ground or growing under a light, your plants have one or two sets of true leaves. You can’t wait to have a big beautiful and blooming plant. Now you have to be brave. You have to take that […]
Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart?
Getting Garden Smart by Sandy Swegel One thing is certain. The older you get, the more you understand the depth of this saying. Too soon old, too late smart? Most of us finally get smarter –in gardening, in life, in work, and in love—but some of us are slow or stubborn learners and by the […]
Feed Me
Giving Your Plants What They Need by Sandy Swegel It’s a fact of all young growing things. They need food. And while big hungry plants like Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors can loudly demand their food, the young seedlings you have growing on windowsills are no less insistent and starving. Most potting soils and seedling […]